Songs & credits

golden state of mind

Scoobert Doobert · I · 2024 · From I

I closes on California as state of mind: Coronado Bay, Catalina, Sierra drift: worries washed away, picnic-by-fire, golden ease not golden hustle.

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ISRC QZES92483682 (soundexchange)

Track thirteen, the I closer. Coronado, Catalina, Sierra: a coast-to-mountain slice of the state, mapped in drift mode rather than hustle. The line that gives it more than postcard is talking by the fire about fate, the LP’s only verse where the u and the I sit still long enough to argue cosmology. Everything else is the album exhaling.

The second turn of the Möbius cycle finishes not on a cliffhanger but on ease, before US begins its chapter EPs in progress.

Lou Roy — background vocals.


Written, performed, and mixed by Luke Francis Walton. Mastered by Riley Knapp. Artwork by Grizzard Graphics.

Lyrics
The birds up in the tree all say good morning
The rain wishing the shore a good day
The water in the river always flowing
Washing all my worries far away
The sky is peeking through its cloudy fingers
Don't be shy the sun wants out to play
A rainbow as a cloud tries to linger
Every brilliant color on display

I'm Coronado dreaming on San Diego Bay
I'm drifting on a current ease of mind
On Catalina Island
Sierra mountain side
I'm drifting on a golden state of mind
I'm drifting on my golden state of mind

A vineyard on the hillside in the evening
A misty little picnic by the lake
Pretending like we never used a light bulb
Talking by the fire about fate

Everyday I'm Coronado dreaming on San Diego Bay
I'm drifting on a current ease of mind
On Catalina Island
Sierra mountain side
I'm drifting on a golden state of mind
I'm drifting on my golden state of mind

The birds up in the tree all say good morning
The rain wishing the shore a good day
The water in the river always flowing
Washing all my worries far away
Washing all my worries far away
Washing all my worries far away