In California

Song Title graphic: "Where No One Had Known Her"

Blond hair flowin’, skin so toned

Answered to no one

Livin’ alone

We drove her Impala

Up to the tram

To a wonderland

In California

I came from the east with plenty of problems

Tons of hang-ups

No way to solve them

No way

Except In California

We jumped for joy over rocks and logs

I got in the hunt

Like a needy dog

The day grew golden on that climb to the top

I wrote her name backwards

I couldn’t get enough

Of this girl

From California

On the way down

We took a new route

I couldn’t hold it in

And I couldn’t hold out

In California

And it’s a failed dream

It’s lost and unseen

But I fold my arms and I let it go

California

And it’s a failed dream

It’s lost and unseen

But I fold my arms and I let it go

California

IN CALIFORNIA is a song about a hike with others up to the top of Mt. San Jacinto on a late October day many years ago. At nearly 11,000 ft. in Palm Springs, the trail up has its physical challenges that begin with an exciting, steep tram ride to the trailhead. It was a free-spirited group led by a young woman who was as independent as they come-- and so easy to fall for. The type who would jump off a boat if a group of dolphins whizzed by, just to be close to them. Her comfort zone was to be unattainable, and unknowable. It has seemed all too common, and there’s nothing that can be done to know anyone like that. Remind yourself. it’s California. There’s lots to take in. Let it go.