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California Sun (Radio Edit)

by Craig Buchanan

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"California sun, can't bleach away the stain that I have. Crows overhead, sing their lament it makes me mad. In the California sun, In the California sun, I just burn. Clinging to our raft, holding on for dear life through the storm. Walls closing in, as the world round us spins in the storm. In the California sun, In the California sun, I just burn. In the California sun, In the California sun, I never learn. In the California sun, In the California sun, I just burn. California sun, beats down from overhead, down on me. Waves crashing in as the riptide pulls me out, out to sea. In the California sun, In the California sun, I just burn. In the California sun, In the California sun, I never learn."
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"Out of the blue she'll come for you, With words of hope that just aren't true. So don't listen to Maria coz you know you'll never see her. She tells you what you wanna hear so don't listen to Maria. Just like that she'll be gone, A whisper in the air not on the phone. So don't listen to Maria coz you know you'll never see her. She tells you what you wanna hear so don't listen to Maria. If you fall for her then you're the fool, Maria wasn't there and you just got schooled. So don't listen to Maria coz you know you'll never see her. She tells you what you wanna hear so don't listen to Maria. Don't listen to Maria coz you know you'll never see her. She tells you what you wanna hear so don't listen to Maria.
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"California Sun" was written in 15 minutes in Oceanside, CA while on vacation with all my UK family that were visiting. Inspired by real life events from the night before and what was in my surrounding at the time.

Trivia: The crow on the cover is the same crow heard in the song that is referenced in the lyrics.

"Don't Listen To Maria" came 3 weeks after the A-Side and was written towards the final mixing stage of "California Sun". The lyrics came in 5 minutes with the music being recorded instantly with nothing being committed to paper except the lyrics. "Maria" is not a real person that I am writing about and I have no issues towards anyone named Maria, this was just a title for a song that evolved quickly... Maria can be whoever you want it to be.

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released September 13, 2019

Written, Engineered, Produced by Craig Buchanan in Rio Rancho, NM.
Rhodes & Mellotron engineered by Marc Teamaker in Stamford, CT.
Mastered by Marc Teamaker in Stamford, CT.

Craig Buchanan - Acoustic & Electric Guitars, Bass, Shakers, Tambourine, Bongos, Drum Programming, Vocals.

Marc Teamaker - Rhodes & Mellotron on "California Sun".

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Craig Buchanan New Mexico

Craig Buchanan is a British musician & songwriter, raised in Birmingham, UK. Now lives in NM, USA.

He has done production work for Iain Clarke, who plays on Craig's recent material.

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