California Dreams

CALIFORNIA DREAMS - Writtenby Carroll Bryant

It was mid-day in the sweltering Missouri heat

When inspiration struck sweet Natalie

“This dead end life isn’t the life for me”

She needed something bigger and more obscene

She bought a one way ticket

Said goodbye to her friends

Swore to never come back until she made it

Looking straight ahead

Never looking back again

Hollywood or bust, she’s gonna make it

Said goodbye to mom and dad

And she packed up everything

Just a small town girl with California dreams

Carrie was a waitress in New Mexico

Stuck in a rut with almost no place to go

The desperation on her face left her all alone

Without a heart is to be without a home

She bought a one way ticket

Said goodbye to her friends

Swore to never come back until she made it

Looking straight ahead

Never looking back again

Hollywood or bust, she’s gonna make it

Said goodbye to mom and dad

And she packed up everything

Just a small town girl with California dreams

There’s got to be something more to what there is

A moonlight rendezvous can lead a girl to this

Into a world of happiness

It was a romance that didn’t go as planned

Leaving Jennifer without a steady man

Taking a deep breath and clasping her hands

With a gleam in her eye and slowly to shaking her head

She bought a one way ticket

Said goodbye to her friends

Swore to never come back until she made it

Looking straight ahead

Never looking back again

Hollywood or bust, she’s gonna make it

Said goodbye to mom and dad

And she packed up everything

Just a small town girl with California dreams

They’re just small town girls with California dreams