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California

Bob Dylan
Track 11 on The Bootleg Series Vol. 12: The Cutting Edge 

Producer

Tom Wilson
Nov. 6, 20151 viewer

California Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I'm goin' down south
'Neath the borderline
I'm goin' down south
'Neath the borderline
Some fat momma
Kissed my mouth one time

[Verse 2]
Well, I knew it this morning
Without a shadow of doubt
I knew it this morning
Without a shadow of doubt
My suitcase is packed
My clothes are hangin' out

[Verse 3]
San Francisco is fine
You sure get lots of sun
San Francisco is fine
You sure get lots of sun
But I'm used to four seasons
California's got but one

[Harmonica solo]
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[Verse 4]
Well, I got my dark sunglasses
I got for good luck my black tooth
I got my dark sunglasses
And for good luck I got my black tooth
Don't ask me nothin' about nothin'
I just might tell you the truth

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The Bootleg Series Vol. 12: The Cutting Edge (2015)
Bob Dylan
  1. 1.
    Love Minus Zero/No Limit (Take 1, Breakdown)
  2. 2.
    Love Minus Zero/No Limit (Take 2, Acoustic)
  3. 3.
    Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream (Take 2)
  4. 4.
    She Belongs to Me (Take 1)
  5. 5.
    Subterranean Homesick Blues (Take 1)
  6. 6.
    Outlaw Blues (Take 2)
  7. 7.
    On the Road Again (Take 4)
  8. 8.
    Farewell, Angelina
  9. 9.
    If You Gotta Go, Go Now (Take 2) (Missing Lyrics)
  10. 10.
    You Don’t Have to Do That (Take 1 (Missing Lyrics)
  11. 11.
    California
  12. 12.
    Mr. Tambourine Man (Take 3)
  13. 13.
    It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (Take 8) (Missing Lyrics)
  14. 14.
    Like a Rolling Stone (Take 5) (Missing Lyrics)
  15. 15.
    Like a Rolling Stone (Take 11)
  16. 16.
    Sitting on a Barbed-Wire Fence (Take 2) (Missing Lyrics)
  17. 18.
    Desolation Row (Take 2) (Missing Lyrics)
  18. 19.
    Desolation Row (Take 1) (Missing Lyrics)
  19. 20.
    Tombstone Blues (Take 1) (Missing Lyrics)
  20. 21.
    Positively 4th Street (Take 5)
  21. 23.
    Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues (Take 3) (Missing Lyrics)
  22. 24.
    Highway 61 Revisited (Take 3) (Missing Lyrics)
  23. 25.
    Queen Jane Approximately (Take 5) (Missing Lyrics)
  24. 26.
    Visions of Johanna (Take 5) (Missing Lyrics)
  25. 27.
    She’s Your Lover Now (Take 6)
  26. 28.
    Lunatic Princess (Take 1)
  27. 29.
    Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat (Take 8) (Missing Lyrics)
  28. 30.
    One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later) (Take 19) (Missing Lyrics)
  29. 31.
    Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again (Take 13)
  30. 32.
    Absolutely Sweet Marie (Take 1) (Missing Lyrics)
  31. 33.
    Just Like a Woman (Take 4) (Missing Lyrics)
  32. 34.
    Pledging My Time (Take 1) (Missing Lyrics)
  33. 35.
    I Want You (Take 4) (Missing Lyrics)
  34. 36.
    Highway 61 Revisited (Take 7) (Missing Lyrics)
  35. 42.
    From a Buick 6 (Take 1, False Start)
  36. 53.
    Like a Rolling Stone (Take 9-10 Remake, False Starts)
  37. 63.
    Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window (Take 1, Alternate Take)
  38. 74.
    Medicine Sunday (Take 1)
  39. 75.
    Jet Pilot
  40. I’ll Keep It With Mine (Take 1, Piano Demo) (Missing Lyrics)
  41. Like A Rolling Stone (Take 14 Remake, False Start)
  42. Love Minus Zero/No Limit (Take 2)
  43. Like a Rolling Stone (Take 15) (Missing Lyrics)
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Recorded At
CBS 30th Street Studio
Release Date
November 6, 2015
Tags
RockIn EnglishUSABlues
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