Thoughts Of California Lyrics - Ballad On Third Avenue - Ed Hale

In the cold mist of the morning I went walking from my bed 

I could hear the sparrows calling from the branches overhead 

And darkness still was creeping over that aquatic sky 

Then I thought of California but I still can't figure why 

The military officers who parade my city block 

They are gazing through the windows 

In a state of dread and shock 

But you will not be shadowed girl you know we can't just die 

And I thought of California then as I stopped to touch the sky 

Your father is a senator your mother is the chief 

They brand you as a sinner so that they can play the priest 

At the closing of the curtain at the breaking of the dawn 

Everybody feels for certain that we've all done something wrong 

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But you shall not be crucified, you shall not be tamed 

Everybody just wants to survive in a world consumed in blame 

As we head to California with our suitcase full of shame 

California 

As the light crawls into the atmosphere like a child upon its knees 

We stare through arching windows and watch the world move underneath 

To the waltz of early morning to the splitting of the skies 

Then I thought of California but I still can't figure why 

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But we shall not be crucified we shall not be tamed 

Everybody just wants to survive in a world so filled in blame 

As we head to California with our suitcase full of shame 

California