there is a place my baby stays
it keeps on haunting me, so far away
and the sun it picks up on my energy
and the moon lights up the sea
i can never break the spell santa cruz has over me

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my voice it rises like a redwood tree
'til i get back there i can never be..
my voice it rises like a redwood tree
'til i get back there i can never be free!

there is a place where people speak some truth
say "love thy neighbor" cause he is just like you
and i search for silver linings in the dirty l.a. sky
but nowhere can compare, santa cruz gets me high

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i left my heart in santa cruz

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