Acid and mushroom jazz Valencia, elbow room The fall of 1998 Before the plastic bubble blew At a warehouse party in the east bay I knew i was among my own and i thought, I'll be your man san francisco If i can call you home Watched you from the south And wondered if you were real Would we find a missing piece of bohemia Was there still more for us to feel? From a freeway underpass Out in the mission A leaping long-haired gnome called out I'll be your man san francisco If i can call you home Well the truth is i never moved in Went right through the city out to west marin And then when jaden got a little older We moved to santa barbara Where the weather was warmer But hey man, it's all right 'Cause all of california is a state of mind They say home is where the heart is at And i pretty much believe in that But life is a deeper shade than just one And though my heart is with my family Pieces of it, wild and free Roam memories of places i've loved And if the love is there it feels like home From amsterdam to tokyo Roots extending everywhere we go So then home is where the love is at And love is where the people that We love call home So i'll be your man santa barbara And i'll be your man california And I'll be your man san francisco If i can call you home