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Sitting in a park in Paris, France
Reading the news and it sure looks bad
They won't give peace a chance
That was just a dream some of us hadStill a lot of lands to see
But I wouldn't want to stay here
It's too old and cold
And settled in its ways hereOh, but California, California, I'm coming home
I'm going to see the folks I dig
I'll even kiss a sunset pig
California, I'm coming homeMet a redneck on a Grecian isle
Who did the goat dance very well
He gave me back my smile
But he kept my camera to sellOh the rogue, the red red rogue
He cooked good omelettes and stews
And I might have stayed on with him there
But my heart cried out for you, CaliforniaOh California, I'm coming home
Oh, make me feel good Rock 'n' Roll band
I'm your biggest fan

California, I'm coming homeOh, it gets so lonely when you're walking
And the streets are full of strangers
All the news of home you read
Just give you the blues, just give you the bluesSo I bought me a ticket, I caught a plane to Spain
Went to a party down a red dirt road
There were lots of pretty people there
Reading rolling stone, reading VogueThey said, "How long can you hang around?"
I said, "A week, maybe two
Just until my skin turns brown
Then I'm going home, to California"California, I'm coming home
Oh, will you take me as I am?
Strung out on another man
California, I'm coming homeOh, it gets so lonely when you're walking
And the streets are full of strangers
All the news of home you read
More about the war and the bloody changesOh, will you take me as l am?
Will you take me as l am? Will you?
Will you take me as l am?
Take me as I am

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Joni Mitchell, CC, (born Roberta Joan Anderson; 7 November 1943 - Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada) is a musician, singer-songwriter, poet and painter. Mitchell began singing in small nightclubs in her native Western Canada and then busking on the streets of Toronto. Her writing and art talent emerged before her exposure as a gifted musician performing in Western Canada, including Winnipeg, where she met Neil Young. She then associated with the burgeoning folk music scene of the mid-1960s in New York City.

Recording her début album in 1968 and achieving fame first as a songwriter ("Urge for Going", "Chelsea Morning", "Both Sides, Now", "Woodstock") and then as a singer in her own right. Finally settling in Southern California, Mitchell played a key part in the folk rock movement then sweeping the musical landscape. Blue, her starkly personal 1971 album, is regarded as one of the strongest and most influential records of the time. Mitchell also had pop hits such as "Big Yellow Taxi", "Free Man in Paris", and "Help Me", the last two from 1974's best-selling Court and Spark.

In 1975 Joni released "The Hissing of Summer Lawns" which can be seen as an artistic turning point, and the beginning of her unique blend of folk, jazz and rock. It was intended as a concept album of sorts, with the "concept" being the contrast being freedom and slavery, and the idea that wealth and status sometimes ironically place a great many constraints on people's behavior.

Mitchell is also an accomplished visual artist. She has, through photography or painting, created the artwork for each of her albums, and has described herself as a "painter derailed by circumstance". A blunt critic of the music industry, Mitchell has stopped recording over the last several years, and now focuses mainly on her visual art, although she released a new album - Shine on 25th September 2007.

Official website: http://www.jonimitchell.com

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