07/30/98

			"goodbye california"

i went out to california
not really, but it seems so
gone so long
i could not find my home
the bright lights and the music
were beautiful at night
and i truly thought
i'd never grow tired
but now i'm hearing
something silent
calling out to me
inside my mind
and i am realizing
i have lost direction
oh, the pretty pictures
they would paint
the Van Gogh's you knew
were always forgeries
but now i've been taken
for all that i am worth
wandering back along the road
though i do not know the way

				© Andrea K