San Francisco Open Your Golden Gate

1996. Moved to Alameda with my daughter to live with Linda W. And to hear David play at the Castro Theatre many times.

I never will forget, Mmmm… Jeanette MacDonald
Just to think of her, it gives my heart a pang,
I never will forget, how that brave Jeanette
Just stood there in the ruins and sang, and sang…

San Francisco, open your golden gate;
You’ll let nobody wait outside your door.
San Francisco, here is your wanderin’ one
Saying I’ll wander no more.

Other places only make me love you best;
Tell me you’re the one in all the golden west.
San Francisco, I’m coming home again,
Never to roam again…

San Francisco, right when I arrive,
I really come alive…
And you will laugh to see me,
Perpendicular, hanging on a cable car.

San Francisco, let me beat my feet
Up and down Market Street.
I’m gonna climb Nob Hill, just to watch it get dark
From the top of the mark.

There’s Brooklyn Bridge, London Bridge,
And the Bridge of San Louis Rey.
But the only bridge, that’s a real gone bridge,
Is the bridge across the bay.

San Francisco, I’m coming home again,
Never to roam again, by gum.
San Francisco, I don’t mean Frisco.
San Francisco, here I come!