I See Hawks In L.A. - California Country lyrics

I am a child of the Golden State, grew up in the orchards and fields Seen farm towns become commuter alleys Seen shopping malls eat up the trees Sometimes I wish for a simpler time When you could drink right out of the stream The loneliness around me Freeways just surround me I'm thirty miles from a field of green CHORUS: But I'm still standing in California Country My dad moved us to Victorville in June of '82 All summer long I traversed the Mojave, went swimming in the river water pool On a beautiful farm sloping down to the river, September I was back in school The bulldozers stripped the topsoil Little flags marked the mile I never crossed that river again CHORUS X 2 BRIDGE: Here I land with no plan And only now I understand That I could never leave this land I'm a California man SOLO Well the radio announced the annual meteor shower starting late tonight So we drove up to 2 to the Angeles Crest to get out of the city light The traffic jam started down in Glendale Lit the mountains bright as day We turned the car the other way Headed back to L.A Disappeared into the streets CHORUS X 4