Led Zeppelin: Going to California Meaning

Tagged: Hippies | Moving Away | California [suggest]

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Going to California Lyrics

Spent my days with a woman unkind,
Smoked my stuff and drank all my wine.
Made up my mind to make a new start,
Going to california with an aching in my heart.
Someone told me there’s a girl out there
With love in her eyes and flowers in her...

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Nov 15th 2006 !⃝
Um.. Robert plant wasn't infatuated with Joni Mitchell.... It was jimmy page.. Moron..
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Nov 12th 2006 !⃝
It's all about plant's infatuation with Joni Mitchell who spent a lot of time living in california and writing about california..And the line isn't "a making in my heart"..Its "going to california with an aching in my heart"
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Sep 8th 2006 !⃝
I thought this song was about going to california to become a star, because he has a verse that says "going to california with a making in my heart"
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May 10th 2006 !⃝
This song was inspired by Joni Mitchell's song "California" sometimes live Robert Plant would call out "Joni" name after the lyric "To find a queen without a king; They say she plays guitar and cries and sings."

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