John Mayer
Queen of California lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Beginner
- Released
- 2012
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 4:11
Goodbye cold, goodbye rain
Goodbye sorrow, goodbye shame
I'm headed out West with my headphones on
Boarding a flight with a song in the back of my soul
And no one knows
I just found out her ghost left town
The Queen of California is a steppin' down, down
Hello beauty, hello strange
Hello wonder, what's your name?
Looking for the sun that Neil Young hung
After the Gold Rush of 1971
I just found out her ghost left town
The Queen of California is a steppin' down, down
If you see her say, "Hello"
Just don't tell me, "I told you so"
Joni wrote Blue in her house by the sea
I gotta believe there's another color waiting on me
To set me free
I just found out her ghost left town
The Queen of California is a steppin' down, down
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Key vocabulary
- headphones
- ear-worn listeningA2
- ghost
- spirit of a dead personB1
- california
- US state on the west coastB1
- steppin
- walking or dancing
- neil
- male given nameA1
- hung
- supported by hanging
- joni
- female given name
- wrote
- past of writeB1
- gotta
- have to
- free
- not paid; not controlledA1
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About this song
John Mayer is an American singer-songwriter whose work spans blues, pop, and R&B, along with later jam-influenced material. He is known for his hit songwriting and distinctive guitar playing that blend classic rock and soul, and for forming Dead & Company with surviving members of the Grateful Dead.