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The sunshine has a special glow

In California

One you have to see to truly know

In California

There's transplant from across the fruited plain

Soul searchers, They alone know their way

They're gonna race around and chase 'em down

The dreams they've always had

Without a boast they'd raise a toast

To all the "friends" who thought them mad

It's gonna reach out and pull you in

Take you places you've not been

So if you head out, just take along

This California Song

You gotta concentrate and strangulate

Outside forces' goal

A change of pace, a change of face

Start playing your own role

It's gonna reach out and pull you in

Take you places you've not been

So if you head out, just take along

This California Song

To each his own is how it's gotta be

Through your own eyes

Is the only way to see

It's gonna reach out and pull you in

Take you places you've not been

So if you head out, just take along

This California Song

It's not that you can't build a future

Where you already live

But when you move away, I gotta say

It gives you perspective

It's gonna reach out and pull you in

Take you places you've not been

So if you head out, just take along

Your California Song