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Gonna California

from Gonna California by Terry Allen

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    The deluxe gatefold 7" vinyl edition, limited to 500 copies, features recently rediscovered and restored early (and superior) mixes of both songs; a printed inner sleeve with the original liner notes by Allen and an excerpt from the book; a lyrics insert; and Allen’s contemporaneous visual art in an arresting package.

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lyrics

Gonna California ... gonna leave tomorrow
Leavin this town and all of its sorrow
Behind me
Cause my heart’s been burned from the lessons I’ve learned
Behind me
Yeah I’ll be the bluebird rider in a red-panel truck
Gonna California, gonna change my luck
But I’m grievin
Cause the good life I’ve had
Has turned to evil and bad
Now I’m leavin
Gonna California ... gonna seek out some glitter
And bury my sadness there, cold and bitter
Behind me
Yeah I’ll hide in the dim-lit bars
With some old movie stars
It won’t remind me
An I’ll drink away my heartache to the Hollywood glow
Wearin dark sunglasses just to hide what I know
And fake it
And I’ll buy the bright flowered shirts
Just to cover up my hurts
And try to make it
An I could tell you the reason that I got to go
But a little girl on D Street is bound to know
So just ask her
And I’ll be movin along
Into the honky-tonk dawn
Right past her

Cause I’m gonna California with the snakes in my mind
And when I get there everything’ll be fine
Or so I’m schemin
And I’ll smile when I reach
A strip of plush promised beach
But I’m dreamin
Cause ...
I’m gonna California ... gonna leave tomorrow
Leavin this town and all of this sorrow
Behind me
Yeah my heart’s been burned
Ahhh my heart’s been burned
Ooooo my heart’s been burned
From the lessons I’ve learned
Behind me

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from Gonna California, released March 15, 2024

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Terry Allen Santa Fe, New Mexico

Legendary Texan artist Terry Allen occupies a unique position straddling the frontiers of country music and conceptual art; he has worked with everyone from Guy Clark to David Byrne to Lucinda Williams to Bruce Nauman, and his artwork resides in museums worldwide.
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