Songs that mention California or a City in the State

[mrsheppo]

I Left My Heart in San Francisco - Tony Bennett


The loveliness of Paris seems somehow sadly gray
The glory that was Rome is of another day
I've been terribly alone and forgotten in Manhattan
I'm going home to my city by the Bay

I left my heart in San Francisco
High on a hill, it calls to me
To be where little cable cars climb halfway to the stars
The morning fog may chill the air, I don't care

My love waits there in San Francisco
Above the blue and windy sea
When I come home to you, San Francisco
Your golden sun will shine for me

 

[mrsheppo]

Lodi - Creedence Clearwater Revival


Just about a year ago
I set out on the road
Seekin' my fame and fortune
Lookin' for a pot of gold
Thing got bad and things got worse
I guess you know the tune
Oh Lord, stuck in Lodi again

Rode in on the Greyhound
I'll be walkin' out if I go
I was just passin' through
Must be seven months or more
Ran out of time and money
Looks like they took my friends
Oh Lord, I'm stuck in Lodi again

A man from the magazine
Said I was on my way
Somewhere I lost connections
Ran out of songs to play
I came into town, a one night stand
Looks like my plans fell through
Oh Lord, stuck in Lodi again

If I only had a dollar
For every song I've sung
Every time I had to play
While people sat there drunk
You know, I'd catch the next train
Back to where I live
Oh Lord, stuck in a Lodi again
Oh Lord, I'm stuck in a Lodi again

 

[RedAngie]

Beverly Hills--Weezer

Redondo Beach--Patti Smith

L.A. Woman--The Doors



Malibu--Hole

 

[Gumbo4x4]

Santa Monica - Everclear

 

[hereyago]

 

[RedAngie]

"Route 66"

Well if you ever plan to motor west
Just take my way that's the highway that's the best
Get your kicks on Route 66

Well it winds from Chicago to L.A.
More than 2000 miles all the way
Get your kicks on Route 66

Well goes from St. Louie down to Missouri
Oklahoma city looks oh so pretty
You'll see Amarillo and Gallup, New Mexico
Flagstaff, Arizona don't forget Winona
Kingman, Barstow, San Bernadino

Would you get hip to this kindly tip
And go take that California trip
Get your kicks on Route 66

 

[Atlas722]

The Doors' "L.A. Woman"

Eric Burdon & the Animals' "Monterey" and "San Franciscan Nights"

Eric Clapton's "San Francisco Bay Blues"

 

[E&Cmom]

It Never Rains In Southern California

 

[GDUL]

All I Wanna Do
SHERYL CROW


Hit it!
This ain't no disco
It ain't no country club either
This is LA!

 

[GDUL]

Come Monday
JIMMY BUFFETT


Headin' up to San Francisco
for the Labor Day weekend show,
I've got my hush-puppies on,
I guess I never was meant for
glitter rock and roll.
And honey I didn't know
that I'd be missin' you so.

 

[megsters]

California-Phantom Planet

We've been on the run
Driving in the sun
Looking out for #1
California here we come
Right back where we started from

Hustlers grab your guns
Your shadow weighs a ton
Driving down the 101
California here we come
Right back where we started from

California
Here we come

On the stereo
Listen as we go
Nothing's gonna stop me now
California here we come
Right back where we started from

Pedal to the floor
Thinkin' of the roar
Gotta get us to the show
California here we come
Right back where we started from

California
Here we come
California, California
Here we come

California, California
Here we come

California, California
Here we come
California, California
Here we come

California, California
Here we come



Read more: Phantom Planet - California Lyrics | MetroLyrics

 

[bcla]

I been warped by the rain, driven by the snow
I'm drunk and dirty don't ya know, and I'm still, willin'
Out on the road late at night, Seen my pretty Alice in every head light
Alice, Dallas Alice

I've been from Tuscon to Tucumcari
Tehachapi to Tonapah
Driven every kind of rig that's ever been made
Driven the back roads so I wouldn't get weighed
And if you give me: weed, whites, and wine
And you show me a sign
I'll be willin', to be movin'

 

[J.C.&ALI'SMOM]

Say Goodbye to Hollywood - Billy Joel

Hollywood Nights - Bob Seger

 

[dotfurio]

Dwight Yoakam and Buck Owens
Streets of Bakersfield

I came here looking for something
I couldn't find anywhere else
Hey, I'm not trying to be nobody
I just want a chance to be myself

I've spent a thousand miles of thumbin'
Yes I've worn blisters on my heels
Trying to find me something better
Here on the streets of Bakersfield

Hey you don't know me, but you don't like me
You say you care less how I feel
But how many of you that sit and judge me
Have ever walked the streets of Bakersfield?

Spent sometime in San Francisco
I spent a night there in the can
They threw this drunk man in my jail cell
I took fifteen dollars from that man

Left him my watch and my old house key
Don't want folks thinkin' that I'd steal
Then I thanked him as I was leaving
And I headed out for Bakersfield

Hey you don't know me, but you don't like me
You say you care less how I feel
But how many of you that sit and judge me
Ever walked the streets of Bakersfield?

Hey you don't know me, but you don't like me
You say you care less how I feel
But how many of you that sit and judge me
Ever walked the streets of Bakersfield?

How many of you that sit and judge me
Ever walked the streets of Bakersfield?

 

[JPDtheJD]

Leaving California - Shawn Smith

 

[E&Cmom]

californication - Red Hot Chilli Peppers

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

 

[bcla]

This one is rather obscure. It mentions San Francisco, Alameda, San Pablo, and El Cerrito (the title). Some of the lyrics may not be suitable for minors.

 

[RangerPooh]

Jan and Dean
- Little Old a Lady From Pasadena
- Surfin' USA

BeachBoys
- Califirnia Girls
- Make it Big

Mamas and Papas
- California Dreamin'

Everclear
- Santa Monica

 

[bcla]

Jan and Dean
- Little Old a Lady From Pasadena
- Surfin' USA

BeachBoys
- Califirnia Girls
- Make it Big

Mamas and Papas
- California Dreamin'

Everclear
- Santa Monica

Surfin' USA is by the Beach Boys.