P!nk
Gone to California lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Beginner
- Released
- 2001
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 4:34
Goin' to California
To live in the summer sun
The streets are made of silver
I'm like a rabbit on the run
Philadelphia freedom
Well, it's not like you have heard
The City of Brotherly Love
Is full of pain and hurt
I'm goin' to California
To find my pot of gold
Corruption on every corner
Hustlers selling sweets
Baby is home crying
While her momma's on the streets
Everybody's dying
Have you heard the news today?
A woman in north Philly is mourning
The bullet took another son away
I'm goin' to California
I'm goin' far, far away
Goin' to California, yes
To resurrect my soul
The sun is always shining
Or at least that's what I'm told
Goin' to California
There's a better life for me
Goin' to California
I'll write and tell you what I see
Goin' to California
Somebody say a prayer for me
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Key vocabulary
- better
- more good; improvedA1
- life
- time you liveA1
- see
- notice with your eyesA1
- tell
- say or informA1
- philly
- Philadelphia (nickname)
- mourning
- sad grief
- took
- past of take
- somebody
- a personA1
- say
- talkA1
- goin
- going
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About this song
P!nk is an American singer-songwriter associated with pop and rock who performs as Alecia Beth Moore. She is known for her confessional songwriting, genre-crossing hits, and high-impact live shows that include aerial and acrobatic elements.