San Francisco - Zach Gill

acid and mushroom jazz

valencia, elbow room

the fall of 1998

before the plastic bubble blew

at a warehouse party in the east bay

i knew i was among my own and i thought,

i’ll be your man san francisco

if i can call you home

watched you from the south

and wondered if you were real

would we find a missing piece of bohemia

was there still more for us to feel?

from a freeway underpass

out in the mission

a leaping long-haired gnome called out

i’ll be your man san francisco

if i can call you home

well the truth is i never moved in

went right through the city out to west marin

and then when jaden got a little older

we moved to santa barbara

where the weather was warmer

but hey man, it’s all right

‘cause all of california is a state of mind

they say home is where the heart is at

and i pretty much believe in that

but life is a deeper shade than just one

and though my heart is with my family

pieces of it, wild and free

roam memories of places i’ve loved

and if the love is there it feels like home

from amsterdam to tokyo

roots extending everywhere we go

so then home is where the love is at

and love is where the people that

we love call home

so i’ll be your man santa barbara

and i’ll be your man california

and I’ll be your man san francisco

if i can call you home