California Time - Chris Murray

Well you walk and you talk barefoot and sign

oh I know what you mean — California Time

see my spirit and me are not doing fine

at the edge of the nation things start to unwind — California Time

When you walk and you talk out on the line

where the sand turns to sea — California Time

far away, yesterday, are left behind

just the sound of the ocean and salt spray in my mind — California Time

I’m driving north along the coast

if there’s a heaven, I know I’m close

your postcard scenes are in my dreams

but don’t think that they’re why I came

Reach your arms out to me, whisper you’re mine

now my sun sets on you — California Time

though completion I seek, jigsaw I find

I’ll come back for the pieces that I’ve left behind — California Time