Mel Tillis – Ain’t no California
 
 
[Verse 1]
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Well I live my life on highways from sea to shining sea
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So listen to my story save yourself some agony
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Forget that urge to wander like a shadow on the ground
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Find yourself a woman get a job and settle down
 
 
[Chorus]
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Cause there ain't no California where the water tastes like wine
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Ain't no Big Rock Candy Mountain where you feel good all the time
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I ain't found that old blue bayou though I roamed my whole life long
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Searching for my blue heaven heard somewhere it's called home
 
 
[Verse 2]
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So don't you listen to those freight trains
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Let them scream into the night
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Don't watch those greyhound buses semi-trucks and airplane lines
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Let someone else be lonely let someone else be cold
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Let someone else make sure those lies and stories all get told
 
 
[Chorus]
                         C                                  G
Cause there ain't no California where the water tastes like wine
                        C                                    D7
Ain't no Big Rock Candy Mountain where you feel good all the time
                            C                                   G
I ain't found that old blue bayou though I roamed my whole life long
                      C                                  G
Searching for my blue heaven heard somewhere it's called home
 
 
[Chorus]
                         C                                  G
Cause there ain't no California where the water tastes like wine
                        C                                    D7
Ain't no Big Rock Candy Mountain where you feel good all the time
                            C                                   G
I ain't found that old blue bayou though I roamed my whole life long
                      C                                  G
Searching for my blue heaven heard somewhere it's called home