La Blues

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I got off the airplane 'long 
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about 7:30 in L.A.

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What a drag to realize that 
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everything's so different and so 
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same

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All my California friends are 
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searching for their minds

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And it's been right there in their
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 heads all the time



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L.A. blues L.A. blues you want me to
 be like you

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Ha ha there ain't no way



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California Charlie met me at my 
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room when I got in

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We toasted country picking

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And the help of all our good and 
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mutual friends

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Before the morning came we put a 
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handle on the world

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And decided that we'd give it to 
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the squirrels



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L.A. blues L.A. blues you want me to
 be like you

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Ha ha there ain't no way



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Soaking up that sunshine and 
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eating eggs and bacon over light

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Sleeping through the daytime and 
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contemplating sin throughout the 
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night

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Please hand me my hat and darling 
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give me back my things

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Ole T's got a bunch of songs to sing



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L.A. blues L.A. blues you want me to
 be like you

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Ha ha there ain't no way



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I like California and I wouldn't 
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want to put it down no way

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But I heard what you're thinking 
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and it ain't exactly what I want to 
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say

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Someday California I'll come 
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roarin' back to you

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If you don't fall in the ocean 
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before I do



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L.A. blues L.A. blues you want me to
 be like you

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Ha ha there ain't no way