Manzanita - Dave Alvin

Manzanita growing wild on the hillsides

Where sage and eucalyptus fill the air

Through the years I dream of returning

But in my heart the manzanitas there

Her parents never liked it when I took her

Walking in the canyons after sundown

Through the cactus, sage and manzanita

Until we found a secret place to lay down

In the wintertime, the rain beats on my window

And in spring I watch the cherry blossoms blow

So far from my youth in California

So far from a boy I used to know

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I see my daughter’s face in the mirror

And I wonder if she’ll do what I have done

And walk with her love in the canyons

Then leave his arms, turn away and run

They built houses and highways near the hillsides

And I married and divorced twice since then

But there’s still manzanita in the canyons

Where I pray someday I’ll walk with her again

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