California Blues (video)

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1. I'm goin' to California, where they sleep out every night,

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I'm goin' to California, where they sleep out every night,

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I'm leavin' you, Mama, 'cause you know you don't treat me right.

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2. Let me tell you somethin', Mama, that you don't know,

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let me tell you somethin', good gal, that you don't know,

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yeah, I'm a do-right, Papa, and got a home everywhere I go.

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I got the California blues, and I'm sure gonna leave you here,

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I got the California blues, and I'm sure gonna leave you here,

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I may rob you blind, I ain't got not railroad fare.

+ instrumental = CHORUS

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3. Listen to me, Mama, while I sing this song, Lord,

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listen to your Daddy sing you this lonesome song.

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you got me worried now, but I won't be worried long.

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I got the California blues, and I'm sure gonna leave here, hey, hey, hey.

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I got the California blues, and I'm sure gonna leave you here,

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I may rob you blind, I ain't got not railroad fare.

(John Fogerty)