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California Calling

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CALIFORNIA CALLING


Land of Milk and Honey, Land of Easy Dreamin’,
Stake a claim on glory, then play the scene.
I could see it all before me through young and hungry eyes,
So hit the road, start the show, and see.
Something from the western side of somewhere was calling to me.


CHORUS
It was California calling me, like a whisper in the wind
That comes rolling off the desert like it's telling me a secret from a long-gone friend.
I feel the pounding of the ocean and the echo in the hills.
It was California calling from the western side of somewhere and it’s calling still.


So I found the milk and honey and some not-so-easy dreams.
Ain't got no claim on glory; ain't even in the scene.
But I see it all behind me with older, wiser eyes,
So many roads, so many miles between.
Something from the western side of somewhere keeps calling to me.


CHORUS
It’s just California calling me, it's just a whisper in the wind
That comes rolling off the desert like it's telling me a secret from a long-gone friend.
I hear the pounding of the ocean and the echo in the hills.
It’s just California calling like it never let me go and it's calling still.


BRIDGE
Out across the desert, then back across the sky, playin' out the circle of my life.
The strings may all be broken, the ties no longer bind,
I – go – round and round and round. . .
'Cuz something from the western side of somewhere keeps haunting my mind.


CHORUS
It’s just California . . . California calling me, it's just a whisper in the wind
That comes rolling off the desert like it's telling me a secret from a long-gone friend.
I hear the pounding of the ocean and the echo in the hills.
It’s just California calling like it never let me go and never will.

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from Windows, released July 14, 2019

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Rick Hardeman Sarasota, Florida

Singer/songwriter Rick Hardeman brings over four decades of music and storytelling experience to audiences around the Gulf Coast of Florida. Built solidly on the 70's-80's acoustic folk/rock tradition, Rick's writing delivers what one writer called "intelligent and emotionally moving songs...songs that are ABOUT something...songs that take you somewhere." ... more

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