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California Lyrics by John Murry

The Graceless Age

2012

Heh
I’ve beaten my brain with benzodiazepines
Momma won’t tell ya that love is a monstrous thing
The sky’s a blue vapor!
It’s painfully true
I prayed it would rain and drown my feelings for you
I drove the fire roads at night in a busted up car
I searched the skyline in vain for one goddamn star
This city’s a dream
But I’m wide awake
Caught up in their lights
With nothing to say
My soul has been bled!
I don’t know for sure!
If my heart is breaking, is yours breaking, too?
I’ve heard the Mission bells ring through the salty breeze
I’ve seen politicians born on a thousand TV’s
There’s a knife in every back (and one in every hand!)
And I swear it ain’t you, it’s California I can’t stand
I’ll be right there with you when the last lamp runs dry
When the last hands been played
When the black banners fly
When the song birds have all broken their throats
Wwhen the fire of St. Joan is nothing but smoke
I’ve seen the fog rolling in and the flashbulbs throw sparks
We suffer in time, but illumine the dark
There’s a knife in every back and one in every hand and
I swear it ain’t you, it’s California I can’t stand
I swear it ain’t you…
It’s California…
Yeah…..
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John Murry

John Murry

About “California” by John Murry

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"California" is credited to John Murry. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"California" appears on "The Graceless Age" in 2012.

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