L. A. Blues Lyrics - Tom T. Hall

I got off the airplane 'long about 7:30 in L.A. 

What a drag to realize that everything's so different and so same 

All my California friends are searchin' for their minds and it's been right there in their heads all the time 

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L.A. Blues, L.A. Blues 

You want me to be like you 

Well, there ain't no way 

California Charlie met me at my room when I got in 

We toasted country pickin' and the health of all our good and mutual friends 

Before the mornin' came we put a handle on the world and decided that we'd give it to the squirrels 

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Soakin' up that sunshine an' eatin' eggs and bacon over light 

Sleepin' through the daytime an' contemplatin' sin throughout the night 

Please hand me my hat and darlin' give me back my things Ol' T's got a bunch o' songs to sing 

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I like California, I wouldn't put it down-- no way 

But I heard what you're thinkin' and it ain't exactly what I want to say 

Some day California I'll come roarin' back to you if you don't fall in the ocean 'fore I do 

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