06 - LITTLE CALIFORNIA SMILE - The Wonders

(1966 Album Track — Sunlight Before The Shadows) (Soft guitar strum and tambourine) Intro Ooooh… Yeah yeah… Verse 1 She came walking through the station light Golden hair in the summer night Postcards falling from her hand Like little pieces of another land Everybody turned to look her way Like she carried part of the day And when she laughed the whole town shined Like sunlight running through the blinds Pre-Chorus Some girls disappear with time Some stay somewhere in your mind Chorus Little California smile Stay with me a little while Like the ocean in your eyes Burning underneath the sky Little California smile You could make the whole world wild Every heartbeat running free Like summer was meant to be Verse 2 Cherry cola by the arcade sign You kept stealing little sips of mine Radio singing low and sweet As shadows danced across the street You said someday you’d leave this town Drive those western highways down But for a moment we were young Like the night had just begun Pre-Chorus Maybe nothing really stays That’s what makes us love those days Chorus Little California smile Stay with me a little while Like the ocean in your eyes Burning underneath the sky Little California smile You could make the whole world wild Every heartbeat running free Like summer was meant to be Bridge (soft layered harmonies) Ooooh… Summer moving through the air… Ooooh… Wish we could stay there… Guitar Solo (Bright melodic vintage solo) Final Chorus Little California smile Still drifts for a thousand miles Like a photograph that glows Long after the feeling goes Little California smile Somehow makes the years worthwhile Every memory survives In the warmth behind your eyes Outro (soft harmonies fading into tape hiss) Little California smile… Little California smile…