Mamas & The Papas: California Dreamin'

"California Dreamin'" is a song written by John Phillips and Michelle Phillips and first recorded by The Mamas & the Papas, released as a single in 1965.

The song is #89 in Rolling Stone '​s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.The lyrics of the song express the narrator's longing for the warmth of California during a cold winter.

California Dreaming

All the leaves are brown and the sky is grey

I've been for a walk on a winters day

I'd be safe and warm if I was in L.A.

California dreaming on such a winters day

Stepped into a church I passed along the way

Well, I got down on my knees and I pretend to pray

You know the preacher likes the cold he knows I'm gonna stay

California dreaming on such a winters day

All the leaves a brown and the sky is grey

I've been for a walk on a winters day

If I didn't tell her I could leave today

California dreaming on such a winters day

On such a winters day, on such a winters day