Tom T. Hall - I Couldn't Live In Southern California lyrics

[Chorus:] I couldn't live in southern California I don't know nothing I could do I couldn't live in southern California babe Not unless I lived there with you [Verse 1:] We went down to laguna in the wintertime Shops were warm the brandy tasted good You know you said you never could stand tourist And you wouldn't be a tourist if you could Do you remember that we saw a rainbow When it got over the mountains in the way And even though they said it would be raining We found ourself that chilly sunny day The mountains are so high I feel that I could fly Looking down into the valley below The clear Kentucky streams they are always in my dreams I think that is something you should know I don't think that I could drive the freeways I get lost and you know how that feels Someday I think I'd like to paint a seascale If they ever get the ocean stands still The old men with the beer talked to the seagulls The young men in their prime were playin' ball The coyotes on the prairie chased the rabbits And we promised that we come back in the fall [Chorus:] But I couldn't live in southern California I don't know nothing I could do I couldn't live in southern California babe Not unless I lived there with you