California

Josh Ritter – California from Hello Starling (2003) /folk pop/
((“Sunset Boulevard will strip for money;Mulholland is a long drag for the lonely hearts;down along the Imperial Valleyruns a river of homelessness and cinema stars.Don’t saythe trip’s been donea hundred thousand times…cause this oneis mine”
Blue and sunset orange light in your sheltered eyes. The evening flows over your shoulders heavy, like a winter coat to keep out the cleanly stinging air. Footsteps scuffle; crackle like the autumn leaves tangled in your hair. I set down toward home, along muttering sidewalks and abandonned telephone kiosks. Throat dry, clammy hands, my heart is warm, my feet aching and damp.))