Here In California Lyrics - Gold In California: A Retrospective Of Recordings 1975-1985, Vol. 1 & 2 - Kate Wolf

When I was young my mamma told me 

She said child take your time 

Don't fall in love too quickly 

Before you know the one 

She held me round the shoulders 

In a voice so soft and kind 

She said love can make you happy 

And love can rob you blind 

Here in California fruit hangs heavy on the vines 

There's no gold I thought I'd warn you 

And the hills turn brown in the summertime 

Now I will learn to love you 

But I can't say when 

This morning we were strangers 

And tonight we're only friends 

I'll take the time to know you 

I'll take the time to see 

There's nothing I won't show you 

If you take your time with me 

Here in California fruit hangs heavy on the vines 

There's no gold I thought I'd warn you 

And the hills turn brown in the summertime 

There's a old familiar story 

An old familiar rhyme 

To everything there is a season 

To every purpose there's a time 

A time to love and come together 

A time when love longs for air ?? 

A time for questions we can't answer 

Though we ask them just the same 

Here in California fruit hangs heavy on the vines 

There's no gold I thought I'd warn you 

And the hills turn brown in the summertime