California Clouds

There’s a heavenly cloud in the reach

Turnin' pink as the sun goes down

I’m caught in your ray of sunshine

Slowly running aground

There’s solace in the dark

Each beauty leaves a mark

I just know I’ve been down here

Too long, too long, too long

If all my friends and foes

Are evaporating like California clouds

The sky may clear, but all I

Hear are the words

Before the wind comes and carries them off

The light you bring to my life

Is in an unused gasoline lantern

I tried to spark your flame again

But there was no answer

No one should care by now

It’s not the first time

You’ve always got your own thing

And I’ve always got mine

If all my friends and foes

Are evaporating like California clouds

The sky may clear, but all I

Hear are the words

Before the wind comes and carries them off

Today is the hottest day

In the last 47 years

People like clouds used to stick around

Now I don’t see anyone here

There’s solace in the dark

Your beauty left its mark

If you leave like everyone else

I don’t know if I’ll be fine

If all my friends and foes

Are evaporating like California clouds

The sky may clear, but all I

Hear are the words

Before the wind comes and carries them off