I woke up this morning in a state of mind
and a place I've never been
You put coffee on opened up the blinds
and you let the sunlight in
and I breathed you in
There's the ocean there's the sand
There's a feeling that you understand
California
I am sad but I'm not blue
just as long as I am here with you
In California, California
I said where should we go you said americano
it's the only place to be
Somewhere in between lunch and afternoon drinks
only steps from the sea
you came over me
There's the ocean there's the sand
There's a feeling that you understand
California
I am sad but I'm not blue
just as long as I am here with you
In California, California
Born and raised in a little town everybody's feet are on the ground
but I'm a dreamer working on a dream
Somewhere I can rise above somewhere I can fall in love
California you know what I mean
I'm coming for my dream
I woke up this morning in a state of mind
I've been in a thousand times
Shuffle through some paper find a pen that works
try to write the perfect line
about some better time
There's the ocean there's the sand
There's a feeling that you understand
California
I am sad but I'm not blue
just as long as I am here with you
In California, California
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Lyrics submitted by Brian.