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Spent my days with a woman unkind
Smoked my stuff and drank all my wine
Made up my mind to make a new start
Going To California with an aching in my heart
Someone told me there's a girl out there
With love in her eyes and flowers in her hair
Took my chances on a big jet plane
Never let them tell you that we're all the same
Oh, the sea was red and the sky was grey
Wondered how tomorrow could ever follow today
The mountains and the canyons started to tremble and shake
The children of the sun began to awake, watch out
Seems that the wrath of the Gods
Got a punch on the nose and it started to flow
I think I might be sinking
Throw me a line if I reach it in time
I'll meet you up there
Where the path runs straight and high
To find a queen without a king
They say she plays guitar and cries and sings
La la la
Ride a white mare in the footsteps of dawn
Tryin' to find a woman who's never, never, never been born
Standing on a hill in my mountain of dreams
Telling myself it's not as hard, hard, hard as it seems, mmh oh
(Ahh, ahh, ahh)
Smoked my stuff and drank all my wine
Made up my mind to make a new start
Going To California with an aching in my heart
Someone told me there's a girl out there
With love in her eyes and flowers in her hair
Took my chances on a big jet plane
Never let them tell you that we're all the same
Oh, the sea was red and the sky was grey
Wondered how tomorrow could ever follow today
The mountains and the canyons started to tremble and shake
The children of the sun began to awake, watch out
Seems that the wrath of the Gods
Got a punch on the nose and it started to flow
I think I might be sinking
Throw me a line if I reach it in time
I'll meet you up there
Where the path runs straight and high
To find a queen without a king
They say she plays guitar and cries and sings
La la la
Ride a white mare in the footsteps of dawn
Tryin' to find a woman who's never, never, never been born
Standing on a hill in my mountain of dreams
Telling myself it's not as hard, hard, hard as it seems, mmh oh
(Ahh, ahh, ahh)
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Going to California Lyrics as written by James Patrick Page Robert Anthony Plant
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This is another one of Zep's Lord of the Rings songs. California, as the land over the sea to the West (relative to the UK), stands in for Numenor, the land to which the Eldar, the Ring-Bearer, and the Ishtari return at the end of the Second Age.
Specifically, it is from Samwise's point of view, as he nears the end of his life, smoking his Shire leaf and drinking his Hobbit wine as an old Hobbit, Frodo long since passed. His heart aches as he thinks of leaving his grandchildren and (of course) his garden, yet he remembers the "girl out there" (Galadriel) who will be waiting for him in the West. She is also the "Queen without a king," and she has "never been born" as Men and Hobbits are due to her Elven race.
omg please tell me ur joking!<br /> not every damn zep song is about lord of the rings! those books are not that damn good!
seriously, fuck you. whoever the hell you are, fuck you.
lotr freaks.
buddy, are you fucking kidding me? not every song on the fourth album is about stupid lord of the rings. this song is about dreams and running away from heartbreak. this song is amazing and i detest how everyone ruins the meaning of led zeppelin's music by saying it's basically all about lord of the rings. bulllshit.
you sure know what to say to get people pissed off
lol you all are assholes. But, this song has nothing to do with LOTR. And Galadriel has a king.
Sorry to tell you this guys, but LOTR is pretty damn good.<br /> <br /> However, tps12 obviously has little to no knowledge of what happens in these books.
i wonder if tps12 has seen all these hate comments.....
You guys are retarded.<br /> <br /> This song is obviously about Star Wars.
Game Over. ThomYorke wins the internet. :P
Enough of this Lord of the Rings BULLSHIT. OKAY!!!!!!!!!11
I do not believe that any of Zeppelins songs are specifically about Tolkiens books. But Plants writings are definatley influenced by Tolkien. All great artist are influenced by something or someone.