When You Get To California

I used to think I was on my own.

I used to think I was fully grown.

Yeah well everyone thinks

They've got it down cold

And I guess I'm like everyone

But that was before I was unknown.

You'll know when you get to California.

Darling Clementine, it's a state of mind.

You'll now when you get to California.

Freedom's in the air. It's waiting there.

The life that I had back in New York

Was happy enough, or so I always thought.

Yeah, I made a new friend

Who opened my eyes

To what's inside of everyone and

Now I can see I was all talk.

You'll know when you get to California.

Darling Clementine, it's a state of mind.

You'll know when you get to California.

Freedom's in the air. It's waiting there.

You'll know when you get to California

And while the planets turn,

I'm gonna live and I'll learn