California, California 
Know I love you, California 
When I leave, I know you wait for me 
Cause in the sun and in the weather 
No one else has loved me better 
California you’re the place for me 
Los Angeles, Los Angeles 
My heart goes out to you and if 
I make it back I’d love to drive around 
Cause your streets are wide and dirty 
You’d have raised me in a hurry 
You’re the city with the angels, yes indeed 
San Francisco, San Francisco 
Always busy, you’re always pretty 
I can see you just across the bay 
Your red bridge over the sea 
Keeps me safe and warm and free 
On a clear day, there’s no place I’d rather be 
In the mountains, in the mountains 
No one knows you like I do 
And summer streams are knee deep in the snow 
Just like the giving tree you have made a man of me 
Cause everyone needs someplace beautiful 
I think everyone needs someplace beautiful 
California, California 
Know I love you, California 
When I leave I know you wait for me 
Cause in the sun and in the weather 
No one else has loved me better 
California you’re the place for me 
In the valley, in the valley 
Give me life and cradle me 
The sun is setting as I drive ahead 
So keep us and sustain us 
Give us food and love and I [bad word] 
That without you we’d all soon be dead 
In the forest, all the trees 
You make a little child of me 
How I long to know what you have seen 
All the people who are gone 
And all the ones who once were strong 
Oh won’t you keep their fate from claiming me 
In the oceans, in the sea 
We have seen eternity 
How can I tell when you really end 
I imagine that you lead to other worlds entirely 
Where we can save ourselves and start again 
Yes we need to save ourselves and start again 
California, California 
Know I love you, California 
When I leave I know you wait for me 
Cause in the sun and in the weather 
No one else has loved me better 
California you’re the place for me 
So nurse me like a mother 
Raise me strong just like my father 
Let me wander off, discover who I am 
I’ll have learned your deepest lessons 
Gathered up your finest blessings 
Return to California once again 
Yes, [bad word] home to California once again 
California, California 
Know I love you, California 
When I leave I know you wait for me 
Cause in the sun and in the weather 
No one else has loved me better 
California you’re the place for me 
Yes California you’re the place for me 
California won’t you save a place for me?