Leaving California
Maroon 5 Lyrics
You got in so late
It's Sunday morning
Said that you were leaving
Letting go of us
Where did we go wrong, oh
And now you say you're leaving California
Gotta head back East and want to leave tonight
Pack your things and go, oh
But if you run away
I won't be alright
Even if the sun crashes into us
I won't let go, I won't let go
And I can be your light
Stay with me tonight
I won't let go, I won't let go
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, yeah yeah yeah
Pick up all the pieces
Fight to hold on
Put them back together, do it all for love, oh
Never let it go
Oh yeah, hm
'Cause I don't need a reason
Just to hold ya
Wipe all of your tears and
Look you in the eyes, oh
Oh baby please don't go
Oh yeah
But if you run away
I won't be alright
Even if the sun crashes into us
I won't let go, I won't let go
And I can be your light
Stay with me tonight
I won't let go, I won't let go
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, yeah yeah yeah
Now you say you're leaving California
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Mikkel Storleer Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, Benjamin Levin, Adam Noah Levine, Ammar Malik, Nathaniel Joseph Ruess
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Maroon 5 is an American pop rock band that originated in Los Angeles, California, United States. The group was formed in 1994 as Kara's Flowers while its members were still in high school and originally consisted of Adam Levine (lead vocals, guitar), Jesse Carmichael (guitar, backing vocals) Mickey Madden (bass guitar) and Ryan Dusick (drums). Kara's Flowers signed to Reprise Records and released an album, "The Fourth World", in 1997. After a tepid response to the album Read Full BioMaroon 5 is an American pop rock band that originated in Los Angeles, California, United States. The group was formed in 1994 as Kara's Flowers while its members were still in high school and originally consisted of Adam Levine (lead vocals, guitar), Jesse Carmichael (guitar, backing vocals) Mickey Madden (bass guitar) and Ryan Dusick (drums). Kara's Flowers signed to Reprise Records and released an album, "The Fourth World", in 1997. After a tepid response to the album, the band parted ways with the record label and the members attended college. Dusick and Madden stayed local at UCLA, while Levine and Carmichael relocated to the east coast to attend Five Towns College. While Levine and Carmichael were in New York, they began to take notice of the urban music surrounding them and later let the style influence the songs they wrote.
In 2001, the band regrouped, with guitarist James Valentine added to the line-up, and pursued a new direction under the name: Maroon 5. At this point, Jesse Carmichael switched to playing the keyboards and this has become his main instrument in the band (although he also plays rhythm guitar to this day). After these changes, Maroon 5 signed with Octone Records and released their debut album, "Songs About Jane", in June 2002. The album's lead single "Harder to Breathe", received heavy airplay, which helped the album to debut at number six on the Billboard 200 chart. The band won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 2005. For the next few years, the band toured extensively worldwide in support of Songs About Jane and produced two live recordings: 2004's "1.22.03.Acoustic" and 2005's "Live Friday the 13th". In 2006, Ryan Dusick officially left the band after suffering from serious wrist and shoulder injuries and was replaced by Matt Flynn. The band recorded their second album, "It Won't Be Soon Before Long" and released it in May 2007. The album reached number one on the US Billboard 200 chart and the lead single, "Makes Me Wonder", became the band's first number-one song on the Billboard Hot 100.
On September 21, 2010, the band released their third studio album entitled "Hands All Over". It was re-released in 2011 to include the single "Moves like Jagger" (featuring Christina Aguilera). While the original version of the album received mixed reviews, "Moves like Jagger" reached the number one position on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The band released their next album, "Overexposed", on June 26, 2012. All four singles of the album were really successful on the charts - for example, the second single from Overexposed, "One More Night" (released on June 19, 2012), reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100. In 2014, the band signed with Interscope Records and released their fifth studio album, "V", with the very-first line-up of six official band members, as keyboardist and backing vocalist PJ Morton became an official member in 2012. The album debuted at top of the weekly Billboard 200 chart. Since its debut in 2002, the band has sold more than 15 million albums in the United States and over 100 million singles and 27 million albums worldwide.
In 2001, the band regrouped, with guitarist James Valentine added to the line-up, and pursued a new direction under the name: Maroon 5. At this point, Jesse Carmichael switched to playing the keyboards and this has become his main instrument in the band (although he also plays rhythm guitar to this day). After these changes, Maroon 5 signed with Octone Records and released their debut album, "Songs About Jane", in June 2002. The album's lead single "Harder to Breathe", received heavy airplay, which helped the album to debut at number six on the Billboard 200 chart. The band won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 2005. For the next few years, the band toured extensively worldwide in support of Songs About Jane and produced two live recordings: 2004's "1.22.03.Acoustic" and 2005's "Live Friday the 13th". In 2006, Ryan Dusick officially left the band after suffering from serious wrist and shoulder injuries and was replaced by Matt Flynn. The band recorded their second album, "It Won't Be Soon Before Long" and released it in May 2007. The album reached number one on the US Billboard 200 chart and the lead single, "Makes Me Wonder", became the band's first number-one song on the Billboard Hot 100.
On September 21, 2010, the band released their third studio album entitled "Hands All Over". It was re-released in 2011 to include the single "Moves like Jagger" (featuring Christina Aguilera). While the original version of the album received mixed reviews, "Moves like Jagger" reached the number one position on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The band released their next album, "Overexposed", on June 26, 2012. All four singles of the album were really successful on the charts - for example, the second single from Overexposed, "One More Night" (released on June 19, 2012), reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100. In 2014, the band signed with Interscope Records and released their fifth studio album, "V", with the very-first line-up of six official band members, as keyboardist and backing vocalist PJ Morton became an official member in 2012. The album debuted at top of the weekly Billboard 200 chart. Since its debut in 2002, the band has sold more than 15 million albums in the United States and over 100 million singles and 27 million albums worldwide.
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Leaving California
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You got in so late, it's Sunday Morning
Said that you were leaving, letting go of us
Where did we go wrong? Oh..
And now you say you're leaving California
Gotta head back East and wanna leave tonight
Pack your things and go, oh..
But, if you run now, wait, I won't be alright
Even if the Sun crashes into us
I won't let go, I won't let go
And I can be your light, just stay with me tonight
I won't let go, I won't let go
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Pick up all the pieces, fight to hold on
Put them back together, do it all for love
Oh..
Never let it go, oh yeah..
Cause I don't need a reason just to hold ya
Wipe off all your tears and look you in the eye
Oh..Baby, please don't go, oh yeah
But, if you run now, wait, I won't be alright
Even if the Sun crashes into us
I won't let go, I won't let go
And I can be your light, just stay with me tonight
I won't let go, I won't let go
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Now you say you're leaving California...
hemkesh s
This song is awfully underrated :(((((
Ultimate Warrior X2
Its very current year
Iulia
Maroon5 knew that everybody would be leaving California..just too crowded..
Mr. Shades
I will play this when my family finally leave California.
Mr. Shades
@Benjamin York Thanks, now we just need to find a place and we have our eyes set on Texas and we don't give a damn about the twisters.
Davide Marcianesi
Best song on maroon 5's entire career. I'm comparing this to How, Runaway, Nothing Lasts Forever and so on. This is the best by far cause it's essential, deep and with an awesome lovely melody. There are no excessive points, it's good as it is itself and sounds like their own. Beautiful.
Aren Aguila
Im pretty sure if just 1 radio station played this song, it would probably get popular right away ;)
Karin Johnson
I have lived in California my entire life and I am leaving soon. No jobs, too expensive here, and I have no family so why not?
Catherine Scott
I was born there too but I had to move because my family was poor
Saint318
That's how I feel about British Columbia which is Canada's version of California. It's far too expensive to live here and I can't wait to finally leave.