"Going To California" lyrics

"Going To California"

Spent my days with a woman unkind
Smoked my stuff and drank all my wine
Made up my mind to make a new start
Going to California with an aching in my heart
Someone told me there's a girl out there
With love in her eyes and flowers in her hair

Took my chances on a big jet plane
Never let 'em tell you that they're all the same
The sea was red and the sky was grey
Wondered how tomorrow could ever follow today
The mountains and the canyons start to tremble and shake
As the children of the sun began to awake (watch out)

Seems that the wrath of the gods
Got a punch on the nose, and it started to flow
I think I might be sinking
Throw me a line, if I reach it in time
I'll meet you up there where the path runs straight and high

To find a queen without a king
They say she plays guitar and cries and sings
La la la la
Ride a white mare in the footsteps of dawn
Trying to find a woman who's never, never, never been born
Standing on a hill in my mountain of dreams
Telling myself it's not as hard, hard, hard as it seems


Writer(s): Robert Anthony Plant, Jimmy Page
"Going To California" is thought to be inspired by Joni Mitchell whom Robert Plant and Jimmy Page both liked very much. While playing the song in concerts during 1971-1977, Plant would sometimes say "Joni" following the line "She plays guitar and cries and sings".
The working title of this track was "Guide to California".
A live version of "Going To California", recorded during Led Zeppelin's performance at Earls Court in 1975, is included on disc two of the "Led Zeppelin" DVD (2003).
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