California Lyrics - Light You Up - Shawn Mullins

Well, he was from a small town 

In Northern Mississippi 

She was raised on the Puget Sound 

A third generation hippie 

Fate would take them to L.A. County 

And get them stuck in a traffic jam 

And El Camino and a red Trans Am 

Burst stereo was blaring Dylan 

The bootleg sessions 

And all the times, they are a-changing 

Made a pretty good impression 

She looked over and caught him smiling 

Under the California setting sun 

They fell in love on the one-o-one 

California, California 

California dreams come true 

Well, they got in with the in crowd 

And got off on the rock 'n' roll 

Cocaine spree and the music's loud 

Backstage at the Hollywood ball 

They got the house and to paint the Canyon 

The partied at the viper room 

Blending into the neon gloom 

California, California 

California dreams come true 

California, California 

California dreams come true 

Well, you see them down on the sunset strip 

Trying so hard to be so hip 

Manhattan Beach to Malibu 

It's all about the ocean view 

And who you know in Hollywood 

It's cut throat but it's understood 

Champagne Cooley, drink it down 

You're the toast of tinsel town 

California, California 

California dreams come true 

California, California 

California dreams come true