Growin' Up in California

I WAS BORN IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SAND

TO A GYPSY MOTHER AND A GUITAR-PLAYING MAN (OH YEAH)

RAISED INSIDE THE AMERICAN DREAM

DESERT PARTIES, HAD IT ALL, SO IT SEEMED (HELL YEAH)

YET THERE WAS SOMETHING DRIVING ME WILD, DRIVING ME CRAZY

DEEP INSIDE, LIKE A KNIFE CUTTIN' ON ME

SO I SAID TO MYSELF, YOU GOT ONE LIFE SITTIN' ON THE SHELF

GET OUT (OHHHHH YEAH)

GROWING UP IN CALIFORNIA GOT THE SUN, GOT THE BEACH

AND IT'S ALWAYS CALLING ME (OH YEAH)

SO I HEADED NORTH, SAN FRANCISCO BAY

THERE WAS MUSIC ALL NIGHT, IT WAS A PARTY EVERY DAY (OH YEAH)

I FOUND MYSELF IN A FUNKY BAND

LED BY A FAMILY STONE HORN-PLAYIN' MAN (HEY, HEY YEAH)

YET THERE WAS SOMETHING PULLING ME HARD, DRIVING ME CRAZY

I NEEDED MORE - TOO MUCH MUSIC INSIDE OF ME

SO WITH MY FRIENDS, WE HAD A PLAN

START OUR OWN ROCKIN' BAND - THAT'S RIGHT (OHHHHH WOW)

GROWING UP IN CALIFORNIA PRETTY WOMEN YOU GOTTA SEE

AND THEY'RE ALWAYS CALLIN' ME (OH YEAH)

HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD, RAINBOW BAR & GRILL

LOTS OF GOLD RECORDS, I STILL LOVE IT HERE

PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY, FILLMORE WHERE THE MUSIC LIVES

WINE COUNTRY, THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACE I KNOW

SIERRA MOUNTAINS, SOUTHERN BEACHES, INLAND CITIES, ROCK-N-ROLL

IN CALIFORNIA CHECK OUT THE SUN, CHECK OUT THE BEACH

AND IT'S ALWAYS CALLIN' ME (OH YEAH, OH YEAH)

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