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"California"

Goodbye, California
The best years of my life I leave behind
I closed our green apartment door for one last time
And though I thought I might be wrong
You said that you would come along, so it’s

Hello, to Arizona
It’s here I took my favorite pictures of you
Smiling by the roadside, in the reddish desert sunset
And through the night and by my side
You make my life a perfect ride

You said that you would follow me
to the ends of the earth
So how far, how far do I have to go,
for you to follow me?

Sunrise, on a Texas morning
The road rolls out for miles across the plains
I could see the brilliant ball of orangey light
Just coming shining in your eyes
And with no one nothing to fear
This would be our finest year

Midnight, Missouri highway
Time to stop for the night
The sheets were cold and white
You were so soft and warm beside me
You laid your head upon my chest
And with the sweetest sleep we’re blessed

It´s on to Michigan, we're almost home now
The stormy winter sky begins to rain
The night fell icy black, slow went our last
one hundred miles
We saw Ann Arbor´s city lights
And everything would be alright

A week went by, and you went home on a plane
You said that sometime soon you would be back
But the days gone by and now you’re just a
blue-eyed memory
And now I don't know what to do
I´m still so much in love with you

You said that you would follow me
to the ends of the earth
So how far, how far do I have to go,
for you to follow me?

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from Mike Gentry, released July 10, 2018

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