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Fall into the Ocean
04:38
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Said goodbye to the redwoods
And I took to that ribbon of highway
Took up the high-speed chase
Rolled across paradise lost from
The Castro to South Central Hell A
Seeking a state of grace
And though I've found people love putting you down
Or putting down people proclaiming their love for you
I'd fall into the ocean blue
Fall into the ocean for you, California
Mysto breaks and moonscape lakes
I know your terrible beauty
Makes for your sex appeal
Wildfire sunsets this lurid
Stealth jets shooting surfing cowgirls
It must be the final reel
And though I've found all the sun pouring down
Don't shed any light on what I am here to do
I'd fall into the ocean blue
Fall into the ocean for you, California
As for the sprawl and all us shallow fools
Our crystal cathedrals, our backyard swimming pools
Our day is coming, so they say
The earth will move, the sea, wash us all away
And I'll fall into the ocean, too
Fall into the ocean with you, California
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2. |
Golden Hour
03:06
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The day's getting on now, I can't deny
Our shadows grown long, wind on the rye
Ain't come to much, but humbled am I
Here in your presence, under this sky
I'd do anything in my power
Just to hold you in this golden hour
Coming on sunset, you squeeze my hand
Such staggering beauty, I can't withstand
I'd do anything in my power
Just to hold you in this golden hour
With your hair down
And your wind-burnt face aglow
You'll sigh and throw your head back
And my heart will overflow
Way up on Big Sur, ocean below
The condor above will one day swing low
But I'll do anything in my power
Just to hold you in this golden hour
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3. |
Phantasmagorical
03:24
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Well I've got no clue what makes you tick
When you talk it's so phantasmagorical
Dreams colliding inside of your head
Spilling out of your wildflower bed
I follow you down to the brook today
Knowing I long ago lost my way
And I'm crazy till you're crazy dear
You slip into the forest and disappear
Ophelia, you were right
It's the world that's mad, you are precious light
Ophelia, fool am I
To have sent you reeling off into the night
We are combustible, you touch
Something so deep, I think too much
Won't you come back, baby, please
Your beautiful mind...I'm on my knees
Ophelia, on my life
It's the world that's mad, you are precious bright
Ophelia, come tonight
We could dance like lunatics in pale moonlight
Ophelia, on my life
You're more phantasmagorical than you've a right
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4. |
Made for You
03:29
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I was made for you
In my heart I know
Where you are or who
I need some help with though
I have paid in blue
Searching and somehow
Just the thought of you
Is all I cling to now
And I know it's late
For a twist of fate
For a leap of faith
But I was made for you
If there's one thing I know
Where you are or who
I need some help with though
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5. |
Headstrong
03:26
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Here we are huddled in the dark
And it was gonna be our day
All that we worked so hard to build together
All that swept away
Overcome, reeling, numb
I say baby, maybe, this ain't meant to be
And she says
Come on dance with me
Between the devil and deep blue sea
The time will never be right for us
And never be wrong
Our lovin' is headstrong
Morning breaks, we don't catch a one
The sun has barely come up when
We get news, now she's gotta leave
Now she's been called up again
Ashen, she turns and we
Wrap our arms around each other
We don't say a thing...we sing
Come on dance with me
Between the devil and deep blue sea
The time will never be right for us
And never be wrong
Our lovin' is headstrong
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6. |
Then it Happened
03:29
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What just went down, where is the sun?
Our star-crossed love's come undone
What was for eternity
Is just a blinding memory
First the sky went green
And reflected in his eyes
I saw the ghost in the machine
Then it happened, he was gone
We were standing on the sidewalk
There were people looking on
When an otherworldly force
Blew us into parallel worlds
Though I played a part of course
Crashing to earth on Half Moon Drive
Who am I, what have I survived?
Where have I been for all of these years?
All I recall beyond the tears
Is the sky went green
And I looked into his eyes
And saw the ghost in the machine
Then it happened, we were gone
He was standing on the sidewalk
There were people looking on
When an otherworldly force
Blew us into parallel worlds
Though I played my part of course
And all at once, the memories
Come rushing back
The frozen years, his glowing eyes
That fade to black
Then it happens, then he's gone
And I'm standing on this sidewalk
With these people looking on
With my otherworldly force
Gone onto a parallel world
Though I played a part of course
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But You Must Know
02:53
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I never said so many things
If I'd have thought ahead
Yours would not be
So bewildering a memory
I search the same night skies
We'd wish upon
Regretting not what I'd wished
Just never letting on
But you must know
I cannot say what it's cost me
That you've gone away
Or where you've gone
Or how exactly I'll go on now
There's not a soul on Earth
There'll never be
With any inkling
What you mean to me
But you must know
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8. |
California Dawn
02:46
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Maybe I'll take the coast road home (Whistling as I go)
Maybe I'll wake tonight (Groping in the dark)
Gliding down phosphorescing waves (With the sea aglow)
Epiphanic and bright (Till there comes a spark)
California dawn
I got so much riding on
California dawn
I got so much riding
Maybe I'll wake before too long (Maybe finally know)
Maybe break through tonight (Tripping in the dark)
Deep into trance on some moonlit dry lake (There comes a glow)
When there comes a light (When there comes a spark)
(How can you bear it?) California dawn
(How I could scream) We got so much riding on
(What this state?) California dawn
(Is this a dream?) Everybody's riding
Maybe I'll take the old road home (Whistling as I go)
Maybe I'll go tonight (Groping in the dark)
Talking in vanished tongues, in Esselen (Murmuring low)
Walking into the light (Will I leave a mark?)
(How can you bear it?) California dawn
(How I could scream) We got so much riding on
(What this state?) California dawn
(Is this a dream?) We got so much riding
(How can you bear it?) California dawn
(How I could scream) Everybody's riding on
(Everybody's riding)
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