California On My Mind Song Lyrics and Chords by Merle Haggard
California On My Mind
Recorded by Merle Haggard
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Well I got California on my mind
I'm leaving this old tow
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I'm tired of sitting and I'm tired of pining
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I'm going back where the sun is shining
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I got Cali
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fornia on my
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mind
Well I got stuck in this dingy city
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But I'm not gonna stay
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I'm tired of these red brick buildings
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And I'm gonna leav
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today
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It's been one cold and dreadful winter
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And I'm going back to the grapevine center
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Pack up my
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things and be on my
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way
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Well I got a gal in Redwood city
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That I'd sure like to see
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And I'd bet my bottom dollar
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She's still sweet o
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me
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Well I'm a homesick bat couldn't be no sicker
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I'm proud to say that I'm a prune picker
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This town and
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me just don'
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FAQ
Who sang the the song California On My Mind?
- The song California On My Mind was sang by Merle Haggard.
Who is Merle Haggard?
- Merle Ronald Haggard (April 6, 1937 - April 6, 2016) was an American country singer, songwriter, guitarist, and fiddler.
Haggard was born in Oildale, California, during the Great Depression. His childhood was troubled after the death of his father, and he was incarcerated several times in his youth. After being released from San Quentin State Prison in 1960, he managed to turn his life around and launch a successful country music career. He gained popularity with his songs about the working class that occasionally contained themes contrary to anti-Vietnam War sentiment of some popular music of the time. Between the 1960s and the 1980s, he had 38 number-one hits on the US country charts, several of which also made the Billboard all-genre singles chart. Haggard continued to release successful albums into the 2000s.
He received many honors and awards for his music, including a Kennedy Center Honor (2010), a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2006), a BMI Icon Award (2006), and induction into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame (1977), Country Music Hall of Fame (1994) and Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame (1997). He died on April 6, 2016—his 79th birthday—at his ranch in Shasta County, California, having recently suffered from double pneumonia.
