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Artist: Rufus Wainwright
Canonical path: /rufus-wainwright/california
Related lyric paths: 6
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California
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California
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California california
You"re such a wonder that i think i'll stay in bed
Big time rollers part time models
So much to plunder that i think i'll sleep instead.
I don't know this sea of neon
Thousand surfers
Whiffs of freon
And big nights back east with rhoda
California please
There's a moment i've been saving
A kind of crucifix around this munchkin land
Up north freezing little me drooling
That's entertainment on at eight come on ginger
Slam.
I don't know this sea of neon thousand surfers
Whiffs of freon
And my new grandma be arthur
Come on over
Ain't it a shame that at the top peanut butter and jam
They served you
Ain't it a shame that at the top still those
Soft skinned boys can bruise you yes i fell
For a streaker
I don't know this sea of neon thousand surfers
Whiffs of freon
Ain't it a shame that all the world can't enjoy your mad traditions
Ain't it a shame that all the world don't get keys to their own
ignition
Life is the longest death in California
You're such a wonder that i think i'll stay in bed
So much to plunder that i think i'll sleep instead
You're such a wonder that i think i'll stay in bed
So much to plunder that i think i'll sleep instead
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