i ve known her valleys i ve known her mountains her missions and her courtyards and her fountains the giant redwoods towering in the skies of her that grow as though as they know they show the size of her i ve often wandered her farthest reaches her deserts and her snow and yes her beaches a land that paradise could well be jealous of that s california california blessed by heaven from above that s california land i love i ve often wandered her farthest reaches her deserts and her snows and yes her beaches a land that paradise could well be jealous of that s california california bless d by heaven from above that s california the land i love