California Girl

I’m a California girl raised in Denver Colorado. I wasn’t sure of much when growing up, but there was one thing I did know. I wasn’t meant to be in that city, a mile high. Instead I should have been on a beach chasing each days new high tide. The mountains there outside that town never felt like home to me. I knew that what I needed was to smell the salty air from the sea. The pine trees that were all around always made me feel so cold. Made me want to be under a big ol’ palm tree on the beach somewhere growing old. Those cold winter days I won’t forget, always chilled me to the bone. Just made me crave to be lying on a warm beach somewhere alone,... Basking in the heat of the sun, watching seagulls on their wing. I knew that would bring me happiness and would make me want to sing,... Along with the bells from the mission sitting high upon a hill. Just one of those everyday pleasures that would give me such a thrill. Well, I’m finally standing here with my toes deep in the sand. Feeling just like a sea bird that has found the perfect place to land. I always knew I was misplaced, being born in the wrong state, And now I’m sure that being on the beach really was my ultimate fate. Copyright: February 14, 2006