"TELL ME HOW THINGS ARE IN CALIFORNIA"

Words and Music by:
JOHN ROBERT MALLERNEE

VERSE # 01:
Tell me how things are
In California.
Tell me how things are
So far away.
Dream with me
Of sunny California,
As on this old twelve string,
I try to play.

VERSE # 02:
I loved and left a girl
In California,
Her golden hair was shining
Like the sun.
I sang of her on misty
Foggy mornings,
And seagulls screamed,
As on the beach,
We'd run.

VERSE # 03:
We walked and kissed there
In the moonlight.
Promises were made
Beneath that sky.
But, duty called,
And her poor heart was broken.
I kissed her lips, and then,
I said goodbye.