Melissa Etheridge

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California

California lyrics by Melissa Etheridge. Raised up on Midwestern dreams Only a few shall get What everyone shall need I took my family's burden And strapped it...

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California

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Raised up on Midwestern dreams

Only a few shall get

What everyone shall need

I took my family's burden

And strapped it to my chest

A few hundred bucks

and a kiss for luck

And I pointed my dreams west

To California

Come rescue me

California

I am almost free

I kept on drivin' to the settin' sun

The galaxies of angels

Welcome everyone

I took my heart out of its box

Attached it to my sleeve

Well, I will be here every night

Because that's what I believe

In California

Come rescue me

California

I am almost free

I will find my love

I will know my peace

I will seek my truth

I am almost free

I am almost free

I am almost free

I am almost free

I am almost free

In California

I am almost free

In California

I am almost free

Rescue me

California

I am almost free

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