California Blues Lyrics

Four barrel engine on a V-eight road

And with everything we need it seems a heavy load

To have to tote a quarter mile all up on my back

And find I might as well be sleeping by the railroad track, yeah

Well at the crack of dawn we pack up and leave

Behind the loudmouth hippies, and I'm so relieved

To be out and driving north to I don't know where

And I don't know why, and I really don't care

I've been driving all day up Highway One

Won't get a lick of sleep when the driving's done

What have I got to lose, the California blues

Standing in South San Francisco on a cold summer night

Trying to find a room before the dawn's early light

I used up every bit of change beneath the passenger seat

And I finally found a room up on Lombard Street, yeah

Well up early in the morning, wanting something to eat

We see a little house of pancakes just a block down the street

Pack up and get rolling as the dawn cuts the dark

And around about noon we finally find a place to park

Well I've been driving all day up Highway One

Won't get a lick of sleep when the driving's done

What have I got to lose, the California blues

Just trying to find the bridge, but the traffic's delayed

Because it happens to be the weekend of the Pride Parade

And so we sneak through Chinatown and roll across the bay

And when the sun's on the horizon, home is ten miles away

I've been driving all day up Highway One

Won't get a lick of sleep when the driving's done

What have I got to lose

From Crescent City to the Tijuana Slough

I've got to live somewhere, and so I choose

The California blues