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This song is a live rendition of the Chicago Transit Authority Track “South California Purples”. While the original song is almost six and a half minutes long, this live version is more than twice the time, due to its nearly-ten minute instrumental outro.
[Intro: Robert Lamm]
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
[Verse 1: Robert Lamm]
It's cloudy every morning
Sun don't never shine
Cloudy every morning
Sun don't never shine
Oh
Oh
[Chorus: Robert Lamm]
Since I lost my baby
I been losing my mind
[Verse 2: Robert Lamm]
I thought this was a warm place, whoa
I must be in the wrong place
Thought this was a warm place, oh
I must be in the wrong place, hey, oh
I don't know where I'm going
[Chorus: Robert Lamm]
Since we left that funky whole city
Never put a smile on my face, hey yeah yeah
Never put a smile
[Instrumental]
[Bridge: Robert Lamm]
I am, he is, you are, he is, you are, me and we are all together, oh
We better be all together
[Verse 3: Robert Lamm]
Yeah
Buddy, ain't this LA?
I've travelled such a long way, hey
Buddy, ain't this LA?
I've travelled such a long way, hey
Oh, no, oh
I don't know
[Chorus: Robert Lamm]
But without my baby, yeah
I better not stay hey, hey
I better not stay
I better not stay
[Instrumental]
[Outro]
Terry Kath!
South California Purples (Live at Carnegie Hall) was written by Robert Lamm.
South California Purples (Live at Carnegie Hall) was produced by James William Guercio.
Chicago released South California Purples (Live at Carnegie Hall) on Mon Oct 25 1971.