Changing California

The crossroads of a Western world

The sand beneath your feet

I swear you're a cool drink of water

In the midst of the desert heat

Like watching a surfer in the harbor

Or a steamship sailing away

You're a diamond on an ocean floor

Living it day by day

But you're Changing California

In your own special way

You can't tell the difference, but it'll never be the same

You're Changing California

Ashes into stone

Trying to find a place, you can finally call your own

The crossroads of a Western world

The sunlight over your head

Warm breezes in your face

Soaking in the golden brown sand, you bled

Now you're staring out the window

Into a pouring rain

Don't hang your head in sorrow

Don't ever fell ashamed

But you're Changing California

In your own special way

You can't tell the difference, but it'll never be the same

You're Changing California

Ashes into stone

Trying to find a place, you can finally call your own

You've since moved away from the sunlight

To an eastern darkened hell

But you still look to the sunlight

To the Heaven from which you fell

But you're Changing California

In your own special way

You can't tell the difference, but it'll never be the same

You're Changing California

Ashes into stone

Trying to find a place, you can finally call your own

Changing California

Traveled off to parts unknown

Waiting for the moment, you finally get back home

But you're Changing California

In your own special way

You can't tell the difference, but it'll never be the same

You're Changing California

Ashes into stone

Trying to find a place, you can finally call your own