City Of Dreams - Ben Harper, Ellen Harper

Day breaks over the city of my childhood

Daybreak over the city I called home

Where the sage met the sea and the groves were sweet and green

It’s a city that lives only in my dreams

The groves where we played when we were children

The groves where we fooled around as teens

Those green groves are paved from la to Santa Fe That 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 though the suburban sprawl

As far as the eye can see

And the city lives only in my dreams

Twilight shades the valley of my memory

When citrus groves still perfumed 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 the suburban sprawl

As far as the eye can see

And the city lives only in my dreams