Name: My California
Duration: P00H03M08S
Description: why do people who come from Hawkes Bay New Zealand always feel the need to tell everybody that they do? Some even write songs about the place. My particular turangawaewae, I'll always be a visitor from....

My California

from Calm Confusion by Nicola Lindsay

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why do people who come from Hawkes Bay New Zealand always feel the need to tell everybody that they do? Some even write songs about the place. My particular turangawaewae, I'll always be a visitor from....

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I was reading the paper and you know what it said
unemployment's rising in the provinces
factories are closing people don't know where to stand
and everybody's moving off to - Queensland
but not me
this is my california

well there are a million old directions they all tell you that they're west
so i tried them all but here i am back east for a rest
you can sit around pretending you belong when you don't
and the weather on the tv only helps to prove the point
to me
missing my california
to me
missing my california

It's the smell of the Canaries on a summer afternoon
the smell of rotting apples on the ground in early June
to walk in the brown hills hear them crying out for rain
to swim in the Tuki Tuki river again
oh this is me
this is my california
oh this is me
this is my california

I was watching the tv and you know what they said
the crime rate is rising in the provinces
we've got strange people on the streets people don't know where to stand
and everybody's moving back from - Queensland
moving back
moving back

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from Calm Confusion, released May 1, 1992
Drums: Kevin Thomas
Bass: Ross McDermott
Elec Guitar: Ross McDermott
Accoustic Guitar: Nicola

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