WHEN I WAS YOUNGER THEY CALLED ME THE BEAR THEY SAID I WAS TOUGH, I LIVED LIFE WITHOUT A CARE NOW THAT I'M OLDER, I LONG TO BE THERE OUT WEST WHERE THE WIND JUST FLIES THOUGH MY HAIR I'M GONNA TAKE THAT WESTBOUND JOURNEY DOWN THAT WIDE OPEN ROAD BACK TO THAT PLACE IN MY PAST THAT I ONCE CALLED HOME
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YEAH I KNOW SOME PEOPLE THINK THIS STATE'S A LITTLE WEIRD WE GOT ZEN POLITICIANS, WE GOT POT SMOKERS WITH BEARDS BUT FROM THAT SWEET SOCAL COASTLINE TO THOSE CAYUCOS BARS WELL THERE AIN'T NO PLACE LIKE IT UNDERNEATH THE WESTERN STARS IF THE REST OF THEM DON'T LIKE IT WELL THAT SUITS ME JUST FINE FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE I KNOW THAT I'M
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YOU KNOW THERE'S NOTHING ELSE THAT I'D RATHER DO THAN STARE AT HER BRIGHT MOUNTAINS AND HER SWEET PACIFIC HUES I'M GONNA PACK UP MY SUITCASE AND JUMP RIGHT IN MY CAR GO FIND THOSE WAVES AT BIG SUR AND YOSEMITE STARS WELL YOU KNOW ONCE YOU'VE FOUND HER YOU CAN'T TURN BACK AROUND SHE'S A NATURAL BEAUTY ON A FERTILE PIECE OF GROUND
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