The wind is soft as wool
It paints the air with leaves of gold
The skies, unstained and full
Of sunlight, memories, dreams untold
Oo, California
I wish it would last
This season of hope
Oo, California
It's all in the past
To be seen no more
Snow blanket roads
Ice clouds my window
The cold tells what's owed
To the shape of love I used to know
Oo, California
I wish they would last
The times I have hope
Oo, California
It's all in the past
To be seen no more
Other lives entwined in mine
Could never break the chill
I seek the heat from warmer nights
And in silence to be still
Oo, California
You broke me too fast
Gave me too much hope
Oo, California
It's all in the past
To be seen no more