You can take me and leave me, but I'm never too far
I just need that tender woman with a warm warm heart
To melt a cold-hearted man like me, it's never too late to start
Baby, we can go wherever you want
Well, I heard you like California coast in the summertime
And you like to dance on the pier at midnight
So, baby, give me a hand and a two-step
It's the rhythm of Carole King and the night will never forget
Take me like a tide or leave me like a ghost
It's California in the summertime, I guess anything, comes and goes
Well, I heard you like the sun flowers in your hair
Making love under milky ways and salty air
Loving on you is easy, but not these burdens that I bear
Well, if I left tomorrow, would you even care
Take me like the tide or leave me like a ghost
It's California in the summertime, I guess anything, comes and goes
Well, you heard I like to gamble and that is true
The love, the money, the thrill after you
Baby, I'll go all in, but I might lose
I ain't afraid of pain, but standing too tall
If the world ended yesterday, would they remember our love at all
Take me like the tide or leave me like a ghost
It's California in the summertime, I guess anything, comes and goes