Day breaks over the city of my childhood
Day breaks over the city I called home
Where the sage met the sea And the groves were sweet and green
Now it's a city that lives only in my dreams
The groves where we played when we were children
The groves where we played when we were children

Where we clothed around as teens
Those green groves are paved From L.A. to Santa Fe
And the city lives only in my dreams
Landmarks lost to parking lots In the city I called home
Looking back I see what used to be Now freeways crawl through suburban sprawl
As far as the eye can see And the city lives only in my dreams
As far as the eye can see And the city lives only in my dreams
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Twilight shades the valley of my memory
When citrus groves still perfume the sky
But I guess those orange blossoms weren't so special after all
Now it's a city of days gone by
Landmarks lost to parking lots in the city I called home
Looking back I see what used to be
Now freeways crawl through suburban sprawls
As far as the eye can see
And the city lives only in my dreams
And the city lives only in my dreams