STEVE NOONAN – LAY ME DOWN IN CALIFORNIA
(FOR KENNY EDWARDS)





Steve Noonan: instruments & voices
Produced, recorded & mixed by Steve at The Bat Cave
(P) & (C) 2011 Steve Noonan
www.stevenoonan.com

“I knew Kenny only for a short while, but we enjoyed each other’s time together, how our songs explained this life. As I began feeling that I would write this, he was there, looking over my shoulder, influencing what we would say, together. He was a remarkable musical being”

‘fore I die, take me back to California,
so I can smell the ocean in the air
There’s a place way out in California,
where they ride the wave that’s always breakin’ there,

If I’m gonna die, let it be in California,
‘cause that’s where I learned how to grow,
and I really wanna thank you for bein’ there,
but now it’s time for you to let me go

We spent some good times playin’, and I may have left my mark,
and you were there, every single mile
I tried to do the best I could, I hope you found it real and good,
and I was blessed to know you for a little while

When I’m gone, lay me down in California,
where the water meets the mountains and the sky
Set my spirit free in my own California,
and I’ll be back to help you, by and by

So much work left to be done, never thought I’d be the one,
to leave my song, so unfinished in the air
But If you let your sadness go, soon enough you’ll come to know,
that we will finish all the work that I left there

Time keeps tickin’ by, slip right through your fingers,
we try and hold it, long as it will stay
But, time don’t have a thing to say, ‘bout how long we live as singers
‘cause our music lives forever and a day

‘fore I die, take me back to California,
where I can smell the ocean in the air
There’s a place way out in California,
where they ride the wave that’s always breakin’ there,
where they ride the wave that’s always breakin’ there
That’s where I ride the wave that’s always breakin’ there,
ride the wave that’s always breakin’ there,
ride the wave that’s always breakin’ there,
ride the wave.....

(Steve Noonan) – Steve Noonan Music –