San Francisco Blues (feat. Dan Tyminski)

[00:15.84] In the town where I was born here on the coast of California
[00:23.11] By the dock of the bay, they often tell
[00:30.41] A tidal wave just hit the shore and folks like me, we can't afford
[00:38.10] To stick around here in this town we love so well
[00:45.52] I got the San Francisco blues
[00:49.12] Now there's nothing left to lose
[00:53.40] I can't afford the dues and so I'm leaving
[01:00.13] I miss the stars that used to shine
[01:04.05] And the days of '49
[01:08.11] But most of all I miss the California dreamin'
[01:15.72] Before the fights, before the quake
[01:19.22] Before the crash of '08
[01:23.16] There was magic, you could feel it in your heart
[01:30.33] But raise the rent and scrub the street
[01:34.07] It gets so hard to make ends meat
[01:38.10] Now I can't even pay to ride the cable cars
[01:45.59] I got the San Francisco blues
[01:49.66] Now there's nothing left to lose
[01:53.48] I can't afford the dues and so I'm leaving
[02:00.80] I miss the stars that used to shine
[02:04.66] And the summer of '69
[02:08.25] But most of all I miss the California dreamin'
[02:15.17]
[02:45.74] I swore I'd make it back to stay
[02:49.55] To my home across the Bay
[02:53.35] And how I've rambled every way
[02:57.18] Just like the wind blows
[03:01.04] But now I'm lost here on my own
[03:04.72] In a world that was my home
[03:08.68] I must've left my broken heart in San Francisco
[03:16.63] I got the San Francisco blues
[03:19.82] And my heart is broken too
[03:23.94] I can't pay the dues and so I'm leaving
[03:31.27] I miss the stars that used to shine
[03:34.97] And the days of '49
[03:38.89] But most of all I miss the California dreamin'
[03:46.59] Most of all I miss the California dreamin'
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