City Of Dreams Lyrics - Childhood Home - Ben Harper

Day breaks over the city of my childhood 

Daybreak over the city I called home 

Where the sage met the sea and the groves were sweet and green 

It's a city that lives only in my dreams 

The groves where we played when we were children 

The groves where we fooled around as teens 

Those green groves are paved from la to Santa Fe 

That city lives only in my dreams 

Landmarks lost to parking lots in the city I called home 

Looking back I see what used to be 

Now freeways crawl though the suburban sprawl 

As far as the eye can see 

And the city lives only in my dreams 

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Twilight shades the valley of my memory 

When citrus groves still perfumed the sky 

But I guess those orange blossoms weren't so special after all 

Now it's a city of days gone by 

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Landmarks lost to parking lots in the city I called home 

Looking back i see what used to be 

Now freeways crawl through the suburban sprawl 

As far as the eye can see 

And the city lives only in my dreams