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California

from Redwood by Pyrophoria

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I’ve been to California two times
It crosses my mind sometimes
Scared georgia girl on delta airlines
Near the hills blew past the road signs
I want to be the season that shines

California dreamin
California sunbeamin
More like odd from even
Where I can’t keep in
I never sleep in
The ocean you could freeze in
I heave in
December never leavin
I need something to believe in

LA traffic took me nowhere
Fuck that place and whatever is there
Always in the car, so I’m unaware
Fuck LAX, what a fucking nightmare
All that shit is overrated; they don’t care
I guess I wouldn’t know so that’s not quite fair
A big city can make you no one, I’m aware
You don’t get what you pay for; you get your share
In California you don’t get shit but a glare

I went to San Francisco and disintegrated
I had been baited
It’s beauty was understated
I went to the forest and felt naked
This was somewhere sacred
Time passed and the redwoods had waited
The difference between timeless and outdated
The world was shaded
I wondered if I’m fated
To fall with a storm jaded
While the days just faded
Should I have traded
Another life for this one that was raided
I want to grow up like I wasn’t created
To become a native
To a life I’d like to age in
Where I never have to break in
Again and again
Like she don’t know who she is
And what happened to this
The things I’m going to miss
Sit in my house on the hill and reminisce

I want to touch the sky
Like I didn’t have to try
Because I’ve grown so high
I want a retry
I want another battle cry
Life is better when you ask why
Don’t let yourself run dry
People just hum by
Or are gridlocked in LA like an alibi
One day the redwoods will all die
And when I go I hope by and by
The world will also shrink in reply

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from Redwood, released February 21, 2022

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The one woman band from Atlanta, Georgia.

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