ALBERT HAMMOND
"It Never Rains In Southern California"
Bich Thuy cover
Keyboard: Quách Đạt
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Using: Canon 24-105L is, Canon 5d Mark iii
Location: New Diamond Club
Mar 11, 2014
"It Never Rains in Southern California", written by Albert Hammond and Mike Hazlewood in 1972, Hammond's version peaked at number five on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 that year.
The song concerns the struggles of a singer who moves out to California to pursue a career in Hollywood but does not have any success and deteriorates in the process.

Lyrics:
Got on board a westbound 747
Didn't think before deciding what to do
Ooh, that talk of opportunities
TV breaks and movies
Rang true
Sure rang true

Seems it never rains in southern California
Seems I've often heard that kind of talk before

It never rains in California
But girl don't they warn ya

It pours, man it pours

Out of work, I'm out of my head
Out of self respect, I'm out of bread

I'm underloved, I'm underfed, I wanna go home

It never rains in California
But girl don't they warn ya

It pours, man it pours

[Instrumental Interlude]

Will you tell the folks back home I nearly made it
Had offers but didn't know which one to take
Please don't tell 'em how you found me
Don't tell 'em how you found me
Gimme a break, give me a break
Seems it never rains in southern California
Seems I've often heard that kind of talk before

It never rains in California
But girl don't they warn ya

It pours, man it pours