Van Dyke Parks



Time to giddy-up doo wah diddy-up



San Francisco San Francisco

Her lover's arms were open wide

Where the gates of golden

Waits with charms unfoldin'

Hold that cable car up there with pride

I gotta ride (ride ride)



Giddy up down to

San Francisco San Francisco

Where love is true as time and tide

She was seventeen though

When I left from Reno

Like some Valentino

With my bride there by my side



I can't go from Cisco down to Frisco

How I'm missin' those days of yore (El Dorado)

Miss those frisky women raw rye whiskey with each kissin' we would

explore

El Dorado

For this desperado

Was gold in the dust

Like many a man in God do I trust

Gave up on El Dorado

So lost in my lust

Where love is not for sale

Out on the end of the

Trail



Time to giddy up doo wah diddy up

San Francisco San Francisco

Hope just like a candlestick in flame

Sportin' life did change her

Shore life rearranger

Brought her misfortune and shame



Roll on down the California flyway the highway I have known

I have known

Old mystery sunsets down on water

The soul of man unfold



Time to giddy up doo wah diddy up

San Francisco San Francisco

Hope there you'll find love is not for sale

Out at the end of

The trail



Gonna ride

Ride ride ride gonna ride

Gonna

Ride