sister california   (lyrics by scott haskitt. music by haskitt, dale)

morning rises like summer these days
the clock tells me it's time to see
i wake to find some big new melody
to grace you lying next to me

you dream of driving out to the west coast
to find some clarity in these elements of need
someplace to help you remember the connection
who you are to where you've been, the color that you bleed

i'll admit, i'm lonely now
but i can't afford to take you down with me
so go take some time with sister kari and california
and i'll wish your angels up to speed, for all you need

i guess i got you thinking that i'm waiting
for you to set your freedom free for me
but all i'm really looking for is some healthy memory
of one or two things that you learned from me
like days i'd wake and i'd drive you home
and i'd be the first to hear you speak
these memories save like money, burning holes inside our pockets
we spend them on the ones we think we know that we need

i'll admit, i'm lonely now
but i can't afford to take you down with me
so go take some time with sister kari and california
and i'll wish your angels up to speed, for all you need

a little bit of you in the middle of me
burns like some fairy-tale of a boy and his dream
in the lack of someone standing, we're securing every standard
from here to last september, defining all we seem

you've got me pinned, i'm lonely now
but i can't afford to take you down with me
so go take some time with sister kari and california
and i'll wish your angels up to speed, for all you need

(c) copyright 2001 scott haskitt
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