All the leaves are brown And the sky is gray I've been for a walk on a winter's day I'd be safe and warm if I was in L. A. California dreaming on such a winter's day I stopped into a church I passed along the way Well, I got down on my knees And I began to pray You know the preacher light the coal He knows I'm gonna stay California dreaming on such a winter's day All the leaves are brown And the sky is gray I've been for a walk on a winter's day If I didn't tell him I could leave today California dreaming on such a winter's day On such a winter's day On such a winter's day