Sweet Abilena looks out at the midwestern sky
Sweet seventeen with a faraway look in her eyes
She said, “I feel like a bird in a cage
But come September I’m flying away”
I said, “I’m gonna miss you” then I made her promise to write

Since we were tall as the corn in the spring
We shared every secret, shared every dream
So anxious to grow in the new summer rain
And bloom like a rose on the calico plains

How could she hear as we laughed on that warm summer night
The tiny heart of the baby she carried inside
I stood beside her when September came
Watched her get married and caught the bouquet
And like those hand me down dresses she gave me
I made her dreams mine

From a seat by the window on wings made of steel
I stared at the patchwork over the fields
Where young tears that once fell like warm summer rain
Were turning to snow on the calico plains

Sweet Abilena looks out at the midwestern sky
Closer to thirty but farther away in her eyes
She holds her babies like she holds her dreams
Each night she kisses and rocks them to sleep while
She reads the letters she makes me promise to write

Sweet Abliena looks out at the midwestern sky

Sweet Abilena looked out at the midwestern sky
Sweet seventeen with a far away look in her eyes.
She said “I feel like a bird in a cage,
“But come September I’m flying away.”
I said “I’ll miss you,” then I made her promise to write

Since we were tall as the corn in the spring
We shared every secret, shared every dream
So anxious to grow in the new summer rain
And bloom like a rose on the calico plains

How could she hear as we laughed on that long summer night
The tiny heart of the baby she carried inside
I stood beside her when September came
Watched her get married, then caught the bouquet
And like those hand-me-down dresses she gave me
I made her dreams mine

>From a seat by the window on wings made of steel
I stared at the patchwork over the fields
Where young tears that once flowed like warm summer rain
Were turning to snow on the calico plains

Sweet Abilena looks out at the midwestern sky
Closer to thirty, but farther away in her eyes
She holds her babies like she holds her dreams
Each night she kisses and rocks them to sleep
While she reads the letters she makes me promise to write

Sweet Abilena looks out at the midwestern sky

Okay, this guy walks into a bar
No, I’m just, I’m just fucking with you, I’m kidding
No, there’s this, this young bull and this old bull
And they’re standing on top of a hill

And I tried to tell you before
That that’s why I left California

So they’re standing on top of this hill, right?
And they’re looking out over a pasture full of cows
Whole fucking pasture
And the young bull turns to the old bull, and he goes,
“I got this really good idea.”
And they old bull’s like, “Yeah?”

And I tried to tell you before
That that’s why I left California

“Yeah,” he’s like, “yeah, yeah, I got this really good idea.
Let’s run down that hill and fuck one of those cows.”
And the old bull just looks at him, you know he’s just looking at him
He’s like, “Look, I got a better idea.”
And the young bull’s like, “Oh yeah, what’s your fucking brilliant idea?”
And the old bull goes…

And I tried to tell you before
That that’s why I left California

And the old bull goes, “Let’s walk down that hill and fuck all of those cows, dig?”
You know, like he ain’t been in town long or something, I dunno

And I tried to tell you before
That that’s why I left California

She lived at the end of a little dirt road
In a house where secrets go untold
Barefoot in a cotton dress, dark hair in a tangled mess
And a head full of crazy dreams
She said

I’m going to California
A place where the sun always shines
I’m goin to California
And I’m leavin everything behind

You can’t help, but feel a little bit touched
When your daddy loves you a little too much
You can wish on four leaf clovers, but all the fields have been plowed
over
And there’s nothin left to do but fly away

I’m going to California
A place where the sun always shines
I’m goin to California
And I’m leavin everything behind

Stars burn like candles on that two-lane highway
She made her wish, and disappeared on her 18th birthday
And she said

I’m going to California
A place where the sun always shines
I’m goin to California
And I’m leavin everything behind

I’m goin to California
And I’m leavin everything behind

Oh California
I’m goin to California

Oh California
Leavin it all behind
California….

I open my eyes
To see her face
In a daze we engaged
Tonight I slept about an hour
To fill her needs and desires

Chorus
One more night in California
One more night with you
One more night
But she’s alright [she’s alright]
One more night [yeah]
One more night in California

Dom dom dom baby one more night
Dom dom dom baby one more night

I need to catch a ride
To the south side
I grabbed a patty and a shake
I felt the earthquake
I jumped in the cab for LAX
I flipped him a tip
hey man!
Then I split

One more night in California
One more night with you
One more night

But she’s alright
She’s alright
One more night [yeah]
One more night in California
Night in California
Night in California
Night in California

dom dom dom baby one more night
dom dom baby one more night
I opened my eyes to see her face

But she’s alright
she’s alright
One more night [yeah]
One night in California

She’s alright
She’s alright
One more night..yeahhh
One more night in California
Night in California
Night in California
Night in California

California’s been good to me.
Hope it don’t fall into the sea.
Sometimes you got to trust yourself.
It ain’t like anywhere else.
It ain’t like anywhere else.

It’s time to roll,
I’m all done.
It’s time we better hit the road
I got work later on,
It’s time we better hit the road.

And California’s been good to me.
I hope they don’t fall into the sea.
Sometimes you got to save yourself.
It ain’t like anywhere else.
No, it ain’t like anywhere else.

Sundown, red skies,
Nobody’s been around.
Sundown, blue eyes,
I kind of like this part of town.

And California has treated me good.
I pray to God that the hills don’t flood.
Sometimes you got to trust yourself.
It ain’t like anywhere else.
It ain’t like anywhere else.
Ain’t like anywhere else

Cada vez que te veho
Mi acuerdo de sior tempos
Con la cerveza a litro mirando
La poesta del sol
E le criotto numamesa
Colocada na vereda
Perruntava los amigos
A discutir la situacion

Bera mar vamo nalaeba
Bera mar vamo nalaeba
Bera mar vamo nalaeba
…Avamauemamuma

Cada vez que te veho
Cada vez que te veho
Cada vez que te veho
Cada vez que te veho

Cada vez que te veho
Cada vez que te veho

Cada vez que te veho
La noche si transforma
In una serie di ricuervos
Quase pura ilusion
Repetiendo los mesmos puentos
Per vez em quando ciento
La briza deza plaia flamiando
Mio pantalon

Bera mar vamo nalaeba
Bera mar vamo nalaeba
Bera mar vamo nalaeba
…Avamauemamuma

Cada vez que te veho
Cada vez que te veho
Cada vez que te veho
Cada vez que te veho…

Llegas en la noche
En vuelta del misterio
En medio de mis suenos
Ya hubo esto despierto
Escucho con tu aliento
Gotas de deseo
Llorando por tu cuerpo
Siento que te quiero

Siento que el mundo te entrego
En cada beso en cada momento
Siento que todo lo tengo
Con tan solo esta pensando en ti

Es tu voz, la que oi
Es tu piel, que senti
Y tu olor llega a mi
Cada vez que pienso en ti
Tan real verte aqui
Y al final descubri
Que mi amor sentiras
Cada vez que pienso en ti, en ti, en ti

Veo cada estrella
En un brillo de tus ojos
Veo primavera en medio de otono
Veo lluvia fresca
Luz de luna llena
Veo que mi herida
Sin ti estaria media

Yeah I want to write this song about my Cadillac
Cuz ther’re so fuckn’ cool
The Nineteen sixties
I dont care if I get Eight miles to the gallon
Caddies are the sh*t
Next one’s a sixty one cuz I love fins
Me and all my friends can fit
And shotgun dont mean dick
Cuz every seats first class
Throw in for gas
We’ll take it to Vegas
We’re ridin’ like Elvis a cop in the truck
We got to fill again Down at Rip’s
I am proud to be American
When i see the chrome and fins
I think the the wreath and sheild should be on the flag
Caddys are bad ass
I Need to get some more how about a Sixty-four
Cuz I love fins

When I was seventeen, found out just what it means
If you can get it free, it just ain’t worth a damn
When I heard the preacher say, don’t throw your life away
I got that message, and I wrote it on the wall

I don’t want anybody tellin’ me lies, no, I don’t want your diamond ring
‘Cause you ain’t got my size

I want money, money, that’s what I need,
I got Cadillac dreams, please mister don’tcha take it from me
Give me money, money, more than I need, I got Cadillac dreams waitin’ on me
Cadillac dreams, Cadillac dreams

When I had the young boy blues, I paid some young boy dues
I learned the hard way, there’s a heartbreak every day

Stone cold reality came crashing down on me
Well life was hard on me, but I still don’t give a damn

When I was seventeen I was an angry young man
But I won’t let just anybody tell me who I am

I just want money, money, that’s all I need
I got Cadillac dreams, hey mister don’tcha take it from me
Give me money, money, more than I need, these Cadillac dreams are waitin’ on me

Didn’t have the time of day, till this dream was born
You can’t take that away, you can’t take that away from me

(Solo)

When I was seventeen, there was this beauty queen
Checked in a one room suite, the back seat of my car

When you want all the best things money can buy
You gotta reach down inside of you, to reach up to the sky

Yeah, I want money, money, that’s all I need
I got Cadillac dreams, hey mister you can’t take that from me
I want money, money, more than I need, I got Cadillac dreams waitin’ on me

Money, money, that’s what I need
We’re drivin’ in my Chevy with my Cadillac dreams
Someday, one day, just you and me
We’ll ride inside these Cadillac dreams