California Ain't That Far

(album: Silent City - 2020)

We were just about as wild as we were young
Restless and free, madly in love
Just you and me, a full tank of dreams
Left that dirt road down in our rearview dust
Down the interstate it was only us
And the radio, just 3000 miles to go
Just like that we headed off for the coast

California ain't that far
Where the hard times they ain't that hard
Everything's better in the Golden West
It's a state of mind a way of life
It's an endless summer paradise
San Francisco to Sunset Boulevard
California ain't that far

Watched Memphis fade out with the setting sun
Made Austin as ol' Willie sung
"On the Road Again", just like an old friend
Phoenix Arizona finally gave way
As we opened up those Golden Gates
And crossed that state line, you looked into my eyes
And said darling I guess we were right

California ain't that far
Where the hard times they ain't that hard
Everything's better in the Golden West
It's a state of mind a way of life
It's an endless summer paradise
San Francisco to Sunset Boulevard
California ain't that far

But real life it ain't like the movies
Playing on those Hollywood big screens
You got caught up in those nights
Fell in love with those bright lights
And fell outa love with me

So I went back to where we started out
Working 9-5 in that small town
When suddenly
I see you on my TV
Makes me miss you and the days when I believed

California ain't that far
Where the hard times they ain't that hard
Everything's better in the Golden West
It's a state of mind a way of life
It's an endless summer paradise
San Francisco to Sunset Boulevard
California ain't that far