California Dreamin'
The Mamas & the Papas Lyrics
All the leaves are brown (all the leaves are brown)
And the sky is gray (and the sky is gray)
I've been for a walk (I've been for a walk)
On a winter's day (on a winter's day)
I'd be safe and warm (I'd be safe and warm)
If I was in L.A. (if I was in L.A.)
California dreamin' (California dreamin')
On such a winter's day
I passed along the way
Well, I got down on my knees (got down on my knees)
And I pretend to pray (I pretend to pray)
You know the preacher like the cold (preacher like the cold)
He knows I'm gonna stay (knows I'm gonna stay)
California dreamin' (California dreamin')
On such a winter's day
All the leaves are brown (all the leaves are brown)
And the sky is gray (and the sky is gray)
I've been for a walk (I've been for a walk)
On a winter's day (on a winter's day)
If I didn't tell her (if I didn't tell her)
I could leave today (I could leave today)
California dreamin' (California dreamin')
On such a winter's day (California dreamin')
On such a winter's day (California dreamin')
On such a winter's day
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: John Edmund Andrew Phillips, Michelle Gilliam Phillips
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California Dreamin' is a song by The Mamas & the Papas, first released in 1965. Celebrated as an anthem of West Coast hippy bliss, John Phillips wrote the song in a state of depression in 1964 after a cheerless winter's walk through New York's Central Park. It's a song not of joy, but of immense pain. The pain of wanting to be somewhere else.
The song is #89 in Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
The song is #89 in Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
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Justin Buice
Who’s here because this song is stuck in your head?
B E
❤❤💋💋
Geraldo Pitta
yeah i do i do i do cule
A. Bussey
Only reason :)
Glenn Christopherson
I came here because i LOVE IT.Actually Im in Seattle its raining
Ian Mangham
Free your head
TC Candler
"Chungking Express" kept this song alive for me.
Guesswhoiam Okokok
Same here
Lojain B
@Priyanel Gameacc0967 theres a part two of the movie exploring him. It's called Fallen Angels (1995). But Bridget Lin isn't in it (blonde wig woman).
Haroldino
I will always imagine faye wong dancing to this