text: Well ya know when youre young
  Theres such a distance between you and your family
  Just cant see things from the same point of view
  Papa wants a lawyer and mama she wants an author
  And all you want is for them to want you
  Well, I saw lot of bad signs and we had some real bad timesback on the east coast
  And I guess you could say it took california to bring us close
  There was a lot of hard livin and some stone cold women on the east coast
  And I saw my papa turn away when I need him the most
  And california, shes an angel
  Lo, so heavenly dressed
  And the pacific shes a woman
  The lord must have loved her best
  I got a california rainbow to come give them thunder clouds a rest
  And the mountain is my friend now, she put me to her test
  Well you know every father has dreams and schemes for his own kid
  And dreaming it aint been declaired no capital crime
  But I just hope when I grow up to have my own kids
  Ill love them all I can and let em make their own minds
  Now you know how a mother can hold the son through understanding
  And my father he once held me close by crying
  Whoa, and my mamas love it dont ever leave me standing
  And papas love it just leaves me smiling
  Whoa, and my mama shes a rainbow
  Gotta see hen on sunday when shes dressed
  Whoa, and my papa hes a good man, he gives me and mama his best
  Whoa, my mama shes a rainbow, come to give them thunder clouds a rest
  And my family is my friend now california put us through her test