Southern California Wants to Be Western New York Lyrics

Lyric discussion by raffishtenant2 

Cover art for Southern California Wants to Be Western New York lyrics by Dar Williams

Thanks for the quote, pnkseashel.

Her impression of this song sounds a bit like mine, which is that, while some of its lines are brilliantly acute: in the end, there's simply too much irony and too many references and too many words period to fit into 4:11. She's showing off on this one, and like the more over-the-top work of Michael Moore or Cindy Sheehan, it ultimately shoots itself in the foot.

No matter. She's got a healthy body of work that does not suffer from this problem, and it's to be celebrated.