San Francisco Blues (feat. Dan Tyminski)

In the town where I was born here on the coast of California

By the dock of the bay, they often tell

A tidal wave just hit the shore and folks like me, we can't afford

To stick around here in this town we love so well

I got the San Francisco blues

Now there's nothing left to lose

I can't afford the dues and so I'm leaving

I miss the stars that used to shine and the days of '49

But most of all I miss the California dreaming

.

Before the fights, before the quake, before the crash of '08

There was magic, you could feel it in your heart

But raise the rent and scrub the street

It gets so hard to make ends meat

Now I can't even pay to ride the cable cars

I got the San Francisco blues

Now there's nothing left to lose

I can't afford the dues and so I'm leaving

I miss the stars that used to shine and the summer of '69

But most of all I miss the California dreaming

..

I swore I'd make it back to stay to my home across the Bay

And how I've rambled every way just like the wind blows

But now I'm lost here on my own in a world that was my home

I must've left my broken heart in San Francisco

I got the San Francisco blues

And my heart is broken too

I can't pay the dues and so I'm leaving

I miss the stars that used to shine and the days of '49

But most of all I miss the California dreaming

Most of all I miss the California dreaming...