I Used To Love California-Skip Heller

[ti:I Used To Love California] [ar:Skip Heller] [al:The Long Way Home] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]I Used To Love California - Skip Heller [00:10.27]Mornings [00:11.00]I'd have one eye open watching her [00:13.64]As she got dressed for work [00:16.07] [00:19.47]Barefoot on the hardwood floor [00:21.74]Rushing around in just her bra and skirt [00:25.24] [00:28.26]As the golden sun came creeping through the window [00:31.62]Bouncing off the closet door [00:34.25] [00:36.90]I used to love California [00:39.57] [00:40.98]But now I'm not so sure [00:43.87] [00:46.78]We had a little place out in the Valley [00:50.14]Things were always safe and warm [00:52.77] [00:55.98]So much so I didn't notice [00:58.80]It was getting chilly in her arms [01:02.85] [01:05.24]After while there's no mistaking [01:07.87]There was less affection in her touch [01:10.97] [01:13.60]I used to love California [01:16.09] [01:17.74]But lately not so much [01:20.37] [01:22.85]I used to love California [01:25.17] [01:25.70]When California was our happy home [01:30.35] [01:32.00]I used to love California [01:34.37] [01:34.97]Till I started into wake up there alone [01:38.99] [01:41.94]Without her I don't care about the desert [01:44.69]Of the smell of orange trees [01:47.41] [01:50.38]I used to love California [01:52.87] [01:54.41]But I've since moved back east [01:56.72] [02:36.72]People often ask me if I hate it there [02:40.26]Really that I don't [02:42.11] [02:45.66]I could move back there tomorrow [02:47.83] [02:49.28]But probably I won't [02:50.77] [02:54.41]It's a little bit expensive [02:57.12]But you can't beat the quality of life [03:00.31] [03:03.38]I used to love california [03:05.82] [03:07.01]Back when we were man and wife [03:10.05] [03:12.40]I used to love California [03:15.13] [03:15.66]Nighttimes drifting down the 101 [03:18.91] [03:21.56]I used to love California [03:24.08] [03:24.78]Kissing in the California sun [03:27.98] [03:31.10]It's as good a place as any [03:33.94]Really I don't mean to put it down [03:37.04] [03:39.82]I used to love California [03:42.22] [03:43.28]But that was then and this is now