"California Dreamin'" is a popular song by The Mamas & the Papas, first released in 1965. The song is #89 in Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.^[1] The lyrics of the song expresses the narrator's longing for the warmth of California during a cold winter.

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California Dreamin'

All the leaves are brown
And the sky is grey
I've been for a walk
On a winters day

I'd be safe and warm
If I was in L.A.

California dreamin'
On such a winters day

Stopped into a church
I passed along the way
Well, I got down on my knees
And I pretend to pray
You know the preacher likes the cold
He knows I'm gonna stay

California dreamin'
On such a winters day

All the leaves are brown
And the sky is grey
I've been for a walk
On a winters day

If I didn't tell her
I could leave today

California dreamin'
On such a winters day
California dreaming
On such a winters day
California dreaming
On such a winters day

--song written by John Phillips & Michelle Phillips

California Reflection

When the world gets cold

--even when the SF Bay area hits November--

L.A. looks better & better.

Its not such a bad place, for a combat zone.

When the Cosmos seems to smack its lips

considering you just another tasty morsel

for its toothy ever chomping maw

& ye of little faith act the parishioner's part

When Love goes how can you stay--

You'd only be fooling yourself

Dragging out the agonies--

Even if She was once your religion?

--GP aka JSW