We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

California, Take My Mind Again

from Stick To Nowhere by Zephaniah Stringfield

/

  • Buy the Full Digital Album

  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Spiffy CD to hold in your hands!

    Includes unlimited streaming of Stick To Nowhere via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 7 days
    Purchasable with gift card

      $15 USD or more 

     

lyrics

please don’t waste your time on me
we’ll only sit in misery
and watch the clouds as they go by
and watch the flowers grow

well I thought I had me a shinin’ thing
it’s brilliance made my heartstrings sing
but it tarnished like a silver chain
or like a band of gold

and I ain’t the first and I ain’t the last
to watch his time like an hourglass
i’m only waitin’ for that day
when I can climb down in my hole

but I guess I’ll move along again
endure the world, embrace it’s spin
i never have been one to turn
and make my way back home

oh, and I’m not the man that I used to be
livin’ hard’s had it’s way with me
i’m on the outside lookin’ in
california, take my mind again
scatter me in my old backyard
show me somewhere where it ain’t so hard
but let me go when the time is right
i can’t stay here for my whole life





black crows on the wing again
through my window, I let ‘em in
one for every mile I’ve gone
they just keep comin’ on

and when the world returns to ash
i’ll be there to have my laugh
the procession of the noblemen
will pass beyond my view

oh, but I ain’t the man I used to be
livin’ hard’s had it’s way with me
i’m on the outside lookin’ in
california, take my mind again
scatter me in my old backyard
show me somewhere where it ain’t so hard
but let me go when the time is right
i can’t stay here for my whole life

credits

from Stick To Nowhere, released May 1, 2019

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Zephaniah Stringfield image

Zephaniah Stringfield Taos, New Mexico

If you ever get the urge to get in your car and take off without a plan, Zephaniah’s voice is your ideal traveling companion. If your date didn’t show at the bar, and you need the music to become your human connection for the night, he’s got you covered. His songs are the type you can never quite believe you are hearing for the first time, and he made them for you. ... more

contact / help

Contact Zephaniah Stringfield

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like Zephaniah Stringfield, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Featuring Riley Pinkerton (aka The Rat Queen) from the theatrical NYC rockers, Castle Rat.
listen now