All the leaves are brown, and the sky is grey I've been for a while, on a winter's day I'd be safe and warm, if I was in L.A. California dreamin', on such a winter's day Stopped into a church, I passed along the way Well, I got down on my knees, and I pretended to pray You heard him preachin' like the cold, he knows I'm gonna stay California dreamin', on such a winter's day All the leaves are brown, and the sky is grey I've been for a while, on a winter's day If I didn't tell her, I could leave today California dreamin', on such a winter's day