bruce springsteen
california
Well you know when you're young there's such a distance between you and your family You just can't see things from the same point of view Papa wants a lawyer and mama she wants an author And all you want is for them to want you Well, I saw lot of bad signs and we had some real bad times back on the east coast. And I guess you could say it took California to bring us close There was a lot of hard livin' and some stone cold women on the east coast And I saw my papa turn away when I need him most And California, she's an angel oh so heavenly dressed And the Pacific she's a woman The Lord must have loved her best I've got a California rainbow come give them thunder clouds a rest Oh and the mountain is my friend now, she put me to her test Well you know every father has dreams and schemes fo his own kid And dreaming it ain't been declaired no capital crime But I just hope when I grow up to have my own kids That I'll love them all I can and let 'em make their own minds Now you know how a mother can hold the son through understanding And my father he once held me close by crying Whoa, and my mama's love it don't ever leave me standing And papa's love it just leaves me smiling Whoa, and my mama she's a rainbow, gotta see hen on Sunday when she's dressed Whoa, and my papa he's a good man, he gives me and mama his best Whoa, my mama she's a rainbow, come to give them thunder clouds a rest And my family is my friend now California put us through her test