| John Mayer – Queen of California Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Who is the Queen of California? My theory is that the Queen of California is the sun. "Looking for the sun that Neil Young hung after the gold rush of 1971" is in reference to the Neil Young album, "After the Gold Rush" The next line I think is still referencing the "sun" that Neil young hung. "I just found out her ghost left town, the Queen of California is a steppin' down" Or, in other words, the sun is setting. Perhaps the sun is setting on one chapter of his life as another chapter begins? In addition, "Joni wrote Blue in a house by the sea" is referencing the Joni Mitchell album, "Blue." Perhaps John is referencing these two amazing albums of Young and Mitchell to say that he hopes to go out west to make his great album. It sure seems so when he says next (in the studio version), "I gotta believe there's another color waiting on me to set me free," which makes sense because in a lot of ways it's like he made this album to set him free from his past. |
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