Dave Alvin - California Snow Lyrics
Dave Alvin/Tom Russell(Blue Horn Toad Music, BMI, and Frontera Music, ASCAP, administered by Bug Music)I'm just tryin' to make a livin'I'm an old man at thirty-nineWith two kids and an ex-wifeWho moved up to RiversideI'm workin' down on the borderDrivin' back roads every nightMountains east of El CajonNorth of the Tecate line.Where the California summer sunWill burn right through your soulBut in the winter you can freeze to deathIn the California snow.I catch the ones I'm able toAnd watch the others slip awayI know some by their facesAnd I even know some by nameI guess they think that we're allMovie stars and millionairesI guess that they still believeThat dreams come true up here.But I guess the weather's warmer down in MexicoAnd no one ever tells them bout the California snow.Last winter I found a man and wifeJust about daybreakLayin' in a frozen ditchSouth of the interstateI wrapped em both in blanketsBut she'd already diedThe next day we sent him back aloneAcross the borderline.I don't know where they came fromOr where they planned to goBut we carried her all night longThrough the California snow.Sometimes when I'm alone out hereI get to thinkin' about my lifeMaybe I should go to RiversideAnd try to fix things with my wifeOr maybe just get in my truckAnd drive as far as I can goAway from all the ghosts that hauntThe California snow.Where the California summer sunCan burn right to your soulAnd in the winter you can freeze to deathIn the California snow.
