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Band - Wilco
Song - California Stars
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Verse 1:
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I'd like to rest my heavy head tonight
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On a bed of California stars
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I'd like to lay my weary bones tonite
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On a bed of California stars
Verse 2:
I'd love to feel your hand touching mine
And tell me why I must keep working on
Yes, i'd give my life to la my head tonight
On a bed of California stars
Verse 3:
I'd like to dream my troubles are away
On a bed of Califrnia stars
Jump up from a starbed and make another day
Underneath my California stars
Verse 4:
They hang like grapes on vines that shine
And warm the lovers glass like friendly wine
So, I'd give this world just to dream a dream with you
On our bed of California stars
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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kewl Wanna Be |
#1 by kewl dude at Dec 22, 1997 at 5:54 AM EST |
| I just finished Bob Dylan's autobiography, "Chronicles", where he mentions this famous set of songs. This is, of course, one of the song lyrics written by Woodie Guthrie but never put to music during his lifetime. Bob Dylan used to go to Guthrie's bedside (in a mental institution with Huntington's disease) once a week in 1960 and play Guthrie's songs for Guthrie. Guthrie told Dylan he could have the lyrics for ~400 songs under his old bed in New Jersey, since he didn't expect to ever be released from the facility. So Dylan took the train out to Guthrie's former home, slogged through a swamp, and knocked on the door. But the Guthrie friend/babysitter wouldn't let him in. So Dylan comments that 40 years later, Guthrie's granddaughter offered these lyrics to Billy Bragg and Wilco, even though Dylan should have had first dibs years before the Wilco bandmembers were even born. I can't imagine this song being any better than Tweedy made it, but it's an interesting story that Dylan attempts to tell without conveying any bitterness. | |
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Vinnie Rhythm Player |
#2 by Vinnie Valium at Jan 24, 2000 at 9:14 AM EST |
| Thanks for the story. I've been wanting to pick the autobiography up. Hopefully this will be incentive for me to actually go get it. And yes. Being born, raised and still living in California, it's great to know this song is out there. I think I was listening to this on the 5 once actually, late at night. | |
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Frank Wanna Be |
#3 by Frank at Dec 13, 2004 at 5:37 PM EST |
| if i ever were to be married i'd definitely want it played at the wedding...haha. seriously though this is one of my favorite songs. period. | |
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Colleen Average |
#4 by Colleen Shmeltin at Aug 26, 2007 at 9:03 AM EST |
| Anyone whose driven down the 5 in the middle of the night has felt this song, whether they have heard the song or not. | |
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