Story Behind The Song
Went back to hometown from L.A., broke, lost love, worse and just wanting to go back. 10 years later to the month I write the bridge and re-record. Will I go back...to California?
| Song Length |
4:26 |
Genre |
Rock - General, Pop - Rock |
| Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Similar Artists |
Goo Goo Dolls, Matchbox Twenty |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
California
(c)2006 Scott Kovarik
We left California on a blue sky day
In September of 96'
Left our dreams behind
Ten thousand miles away
On an empty highway
In a room at Motel 6
Well, I guess I didn't know what love would do to me
Well, I guess I didn't know how far I'd go
And now I'm standin' here just tryin' to figure out
How to get back to L.A. from Ohio
Got a long long way to go
Were all my tears for nothing
Were all my hopes in vein
Was I lookin' in the mirror
And didn't see the signs
I don't wanna chase illusions
Don't wanna stay here to find
It's too late
I wasted all my time
Well, I guess I didn't know what love would do to me
Well, I guess I didn't know how far I'd go
And now I'm standin' here just tryin' to figure out
How to get back to L.A. from Ohio
Got a long long way to go
Ten years are gone
I'm not the same
Illusions have been shattered
These memories are empty shells
Of souvineers I've gathered
And everything I hoped to find
I found in you
Well, I guess I didn't know what love would do to me
Well, I guess I didn't know how far I'd go
And now I'm standin' here just tryin' to figure out
How to get back to L.A. from Ohio
To California
Does anybody andybody know
How to get to California
Cause I don't wanna go, I don't wanna go
Without you.
Someday we're gonna go
Back to California
Yes we will
Someday we're gonna go, yeah
Back to California
Just you and me
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