I Got to Get to California

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Marvin Gaye

Marvin Gaye (April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984), born Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr., was an American singer-songwriter and musician whose career spanned more than two decades. Born and raised in Washington, D.C., he was the son of a storefront minister of a local Pentecostal church sect and grew up singing gospel in church revivals as a young child. Gaye branched out into secular music as a teenager, joining the doo-wop group The Marquees, after returning from an honorable discharge from the United States Air Force, before the group was hired by Harvey Fuqua to be Harvey & The Moonglows. Following the band's separation in 1960, Gaye began working as a session drummer for the Detroit music label, Anna, before signing with Motown Records in 1961, adding an "e" to his s… more »

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Oh, I got to get to California right away
Oh, now I got to get to California right away

Just to see the evening sun, oh
Setting in the west
Breaks my heart 'cause it reminds me of
The true love that I left
In the sunset I can see my
Baby's face just haunting me
Reminding me of the tenderness that heaven
Knows was in her kiss
I had a love that was mine, mine, mine
Mine alone but I played the fool and Lord
I left my happy home
What a fool a man can be
But this loneliness inside of me says

I got to get to California right away
Oh, I got to get to California

I wish I was there by my baby's side
Lord, I wish I had listened to
My heart and not my pride
She tried to tell me that I
Had no reason for jealousy
But I was blinded by my pride
And I just couldn't see
Now I've got to hurry
I've got a reason to worry
I've got to be on the move
True love I'm gonna lose

I pray it's not too late, oh
I might have to catch a freight

But I got to get to California right away
Oh, I got to get to California right away

Oh, oh, I may have to hitchhike, baby
Mhm, might have to hop a freight, yeah

Yeah, yeah, now I've gotta hurry
Now I've got a reason to worry
I've got to be on the move
Or true love I'm gonna lose
What a fool a man can be
But this loneliness inside of me says

I got to get to California right away
I got to get to California (Right away) , mhm

(California, I'm on my way)
Might have to hitchhike, baby
(California, I'm on my way) oh, oh
(I got to get to California right away)
Oh, might have to hitch a ride
(I got to get to California right away)
(I got to get to California right away)
Oh, oh, now, now, I got to get to California
Yeah

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