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Walked the sidewalks of San Francisco
Spent the night in a town called Weed
Soaked up the sun on Mission Street
Filled up the day in Chinatown

It's been said before but it's worth saying
No one could dream a place like California
It's written before but it's worth repeating
No one could dream a place like California

Walking along downtown L.A. streets
Sidewalk homes of makeshift shanties
Recall the sight of the old growth
Standing, thinking of a dark Encinitas morning

It's been said before but it's worth saying
No one could dream a place like California
It's been written before but it's worth repeating
No one could dream a place like California

Conjunto Station stranded on the freeway
The road sign, school bus, cultural landscape
Making way through mountains and desert
Eastbound daybreak carrying it all back home

It's been said before but it's worth saying
No one could dream a place like California
It's been written before but it's worth repeating
No one could dream a place like California