California (Blue Sessions Demo) - Joni Mitchell

Hey Blue, all your love is strange Come out, with all those crazy names So true When you lie For you, Blue Right or wrong I belong Right or wrong Hey Blue, where'd you run to now? Hey Blue, miss you since they found you out I've been waitin' such a long time For your smile For you I lay with you, this velvet morning Stay with me, for a while Where we run to, is up to you Just stay with me, for a while

We've been on the run Driving in the sun Looking out for number one California here we come Right back where we started from Hustlers grab your guns Your shadow weighs a ton Driving down the 101 California here we come Right back where we started from California here we come On the stereo Listen as we go Nothings gonna stop me now California here we come Right back where we started from Pedal to the floor Thinking of the roar Gotta get us to the show California here we come Right back where we started from California here we come California California here we come Oh California, California here we come California, California here we come California, California here we come California, California here we come

Don't wanna talk about it, so I think I'll sing it with you I thought I had until the morning and I'd know what to do And she said I packed the car and grabbed the dogs and packed up plenty of food Don't worry And grab your journals, pack yourself then grab your favorite shoes California halo blue California hang on through California halo blue California hang on through I couldn't walk, I couldn't talk You know I couldn't sit down, down, down, down All I could do was wait around and pray for my home town Remember Ninth of November Don't forget about the trees and the birds And the families Humanity, now I can see the devil's hold on this world California halo blue California hang on through California halo blue California hang on through Remember, remember the ninth of November Remember, remember the ninth of November Remember, remember the ninth of November Ahh California halo blue California hang on through California halo blue California hang on through Oh, halo blue Yeah, hang on through Oh, halo blue Yeah, hang on through

Why do the birds sing so early in the dawn? Their honeysuckle melodies, before my day's alarm I imagine they're rehearsing for some big, elaborate show That I've not been invited to, so I should never know The songs they like to sing, I suppose they're not too far From all the songs I sing, when I'm alone late in my car (when I'm alone late in my car) And if I were the postman awake for the afternoon I'd be the lucky someone eavesdropping on their tunes But I think I like it better when I sleep late past their call For all I know, perhaps the birds don't even sing at all We are nothing Love comes easily to you But not the hurt You're impervious to blue I wish I knew How to sing about the other colors too

Jumped and took a fall Expected I would fly I didn't know that wings Were made of wax and wires But I forgive the sun For burning like it's June 'Cause bones can always mend But there's only one of you You're gravity to me You keep me in my place And without your pull I'd just be lost in space I'm tethered to your heart Oh, any distance wide When whispering your words I hear them amplified And I'm out here on a limb In this vacuum of two So believe when I say That my eyes see only you You're gravity to me You keep me in my place And without your pull I'd just be lost in space

I get fixated, some might say that I go too far Like candy blue, all my tattoos up and down my arms I buy too many watches, Jordan's fill up my closet I got a thing about tequila when I drink at the bar Ooh, ooh, if I'm in, I'm all in Ooh, ooh, hundred and ten percent One little kiss and I can't get enough of you when You bite your lip, you know the way you make me lose it Second I saw you, you stole all my attention It's no surprise to me that you would be my new obsession Your daily habits, yoga mats in the living room You're kinda messy, but it messes me up so good My fault if I'm caught watching Everything that moves when you're walking Can't sober up 'cause I'm drunk off of your perfume One little kiss and I can't get enough of you when You bite your lip, you know the way you make me lose it Second I saw you, you stole all my attention It's no surprise to me that you would be my new obsession Oh, my new obsession Ooh, ooh, if I'm in, I'm all in Ooh, ooh, hundred and ten percent One little kiss and I can't get enough of you when You bite your lip, you know the way you make me lose it Second I saw you, you stole all my attention It's no surprise to me that you would be my new obsession Oh, my new obsession (oh, my new obsession) Oh, oh

While I'm here I wanna fix my daddy's pick-up and disappear Put the pedal to the floor and the past in the rearview mirror Just drive Keep the dream alive You only get one life I'm gonna live it While I'm here I wanna go too far I wanna play too hard I wanna live it up 'cause I know I only got so many years I wanna lose myself In someone else I wanna feel it all Do everything I wanna while I'm here While I'm around I wanna get that peace of mind thing figured out Find a red-hot honey that won't go running if the money runs out Ooh and it always runs out But that ain't what it's all about So while I'm still around Down here I wanna go too far I wanna play too hard I wanna live it up 'cause I know I only got so many years I wanna lose myself In someone else I wanna feel it all Do everything I wanna while I'm here (Do everything I wanna while I'm) (Do everything I wanna while I'm) (Here) Tick-tock that clock on the wall Only goes around so many times That bump-bump-thump in your chest Yeah, it's only gonna work for a little while Tick-tock that clock on the wall Only goes around so many times That bump-bump-thump in your chest Yeah, it's only gonna work for a little while So while I'm still around Down here I wanna go too far (I wanna go too far, yeah) I wanna play too hard I wana live it up 'cause I know I only got so many years I wanna lose myself (lose myself) In someone else I wana feel it all Do everything I wanna while I'm I wanna go too far I wanna play too hard I wanna live it up Do everything I wanna while I'm here I wanna lose myself In someone else I wanna feel it all Do everything I wanna while I'm here