Time to get out of the City
Time to get out of the smog
50 miles wide, 40 miles long
Without a patch of green
Time to get on the Greyhound
Time to travel on
300 miles north, it won't be long
To breathe air, fresh and clean

Time takes us through Santa Barbara
Through San Luis Obispo
On highways wide, journey's long
Without a snatch of sleep
Time to get off the Greyhound
Time for a Salinas dawn
30 miles west, it won't be long
To wade in the ocean deep

Time takes us to Monterey
Sunday morning takes us to church
Almost collapse, fall headlong
In a dizzy spell
Time to get into my bed
Time for Motel 6
24 hours, it won't be long
We're at the Mission at Carmel

You can see pink flowers on the coastline
You can see a red sun
Sinking in the sea
The trees on the rocks
Silhouetted by the fading light
Everything will be alright
Everything will be alright
When my Spirit grows
On Pacific Grove


© 2000 Dan Russell / Apricot Armpit Music