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Artist: Vanessa Carlton
Canonical path: /vanessa-carlton/dear-california
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Dear California
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Dear California
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As usual, I'm in a tricky predicament.
Weather in my thoughts, on the roof sneaking a cigarette.
Dear California, it's been nice to know ya.
Tell me, will you miss me when I'm gone?
'Cause he loves me as I leave, so I'm gonna go,
when I'm not in companies is when you feel it most,
and you keep my memory, hope ya keep me close.
Would you love me as I leave?
This alchemy is making me suspicious,
as if I slipped you some belladonna
that I crossed town to get.
Don't you notice my grand french exit?
Oh he loves me as I leave, so I'm gonna go,
when not in companies is when you feel the ghost,
and you keep my memory, hope ya keep me close.
Would you love me as I leave?
Ever-changing as the sea, it's my only hope,
it's just me and my pup in the open road.
But your face is like a paper-cut to the heart.
Slip away while you sleep.
It's easy, it's easier than it seems.
It's easy, it's easier than it seems.
Just go, I'll go, don't cry.
I don't know, I don't know, we'll be fine.
Like a papercut to the heart.
Oh he loves me as I leave, so I'm gonna go,
when I'm not in companies is when you feel it most
and you keep my memory, hope ya keep me close,
Would you love me as I leave?
Ever-changing as the sea.
Would you love me as I leave?
Dear California
Would you love me as I leave?
Dear California
Would you love me as I leave?
Dear California
Would you love me as I leave?
Dear California
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