A Guide to California's
Reptiles and Amphibians
Mystery Song about California -
Identified: Homer Joy - Southern California Sand
| Thanks to Xavier and the people at Wat Zat Song? for identifying this song in September, 2021. It's the B-side to the 1973 single "Holdin On" by Homer Joy. |
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This is a song that someone sent to me in June of 2016. He said he recorded it on tape decades ago. It's a country song by a male vocalist that sounds like it was recorded in the 1970s or earlier, about the flip side of the California myth sung by a man who arrived from Arkansas and wonders if he should have stayed there. The lyrics below are my transcription and might not be completely accurate. |
"....land of blowin' sand in California I come to watch my young ones grow And to see all the seeds I'd sow Turn into flowers The children here want higher class And the sand here won't grow grass And now I sit here cryin' my head down in my hands Watchin' my flowers die Askin the good lord why Watchin' my dreams dyin' In the southern California sand California sun Lord it shines down on everyone But me Maybe Arkansas wasnt so bad When I think about the times I had Here in California Least I had a family Used to have a little faith in me But now it doesn't One by one they've gone away My wife left yesterday She said she's young and she's got better plans But now when a man is poor And a dream is all he can afford Watches that dream dyin' In the southern California sand California sun Lord it shines down on everyone But me" |
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