California Dreamer California dreamer Tell me why did you go? I carved your ever fading figure Into the ever dying snow I'll be around I'll be around I'll be around Like a teenager in town Where all the other young lovers are found And I think I mighta heard you on the radio But the radio waves were like snow And you were dreaming of Los Angeles While I was singing songs you wrote You quietly gave away the winter clothes I made for you While I made angels in the snow I would have left if you just asked me to Or come to me before the preacher Now you're surviving And I thought I mighta heard you on the radio But the radio waves were like snow And I thought I mighta heard you on the radio But the radio waves were like snow Do the young stay pretty? Do the pretty stay quick? You know, but you never surrender The city doesn't belong to you anymore California dreamer You dream of seasons that never die You go to oceans that never touch the ice You dream of seasons that never die You go to oceans that never touch the ice You dream of seasons that never die You go to oceans that never touch the ice I surrender, the city to slender Creature's getting younger and younger And I think I mighta heard you on the radio But the radio waves were like snow And I think I mighta heard you on the radio But the radio waves were like snow Do the young stay pretty? Do the pretty stay quick? You know, but you never surrender The city doesn't belong to you anymore California dreamer I'll be around I'll be around I'll be around Like a teenager in town With all the other young lovers, their mothers have been found California dreamer