America - Ventura Highway Lyrics






Chewing on a piece of grass
Walking down the road
Tell me, how long you gonna stay here, Joe?
Some people say this town don't look good in snow
You don't care, I know

Ventura Highway in the sunshine
Where the days are longer
The nights are stronger than moonshine
You're gonna go I know

'Cause the free wind is blowin' through your hair
And the days surround your daylight there
Seasons crying no despair
Alligator lizards in the air, in the air

Did di di di dit ...

Wishin' on a falling star
Waitin' for the early train
Sorry boy, but I've been hit by purple rain
Aw, come on, Joe, you can always
Change your name
Thanks a lot, son, just the same

Ventura Highway in the sunshine
Where the days are longer
The nights are stronger than moonshine
You're gonna go I know

'Cause the free wind is blowin' through your hair
And the days surround your daylight there
Seasons crying no despair
Alligator lizards in the air, in the air

Did di di di dit ...





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  1. E.... W....

    I'm living the Dream Baby... Ventura Hway is just round the corner, Living The Dream Baby!!!

  2. D.... B....

    Beautiful song just to sit back and take in makes my cup of tea taste even nicer Dublin Ireland

  3. F.... s....

    Classy tune

  4. o.... ....

    The Greatest acoustic lick in pop music, bar none

  5. C.... H....

    who's joe? 😳

  6. O.... Z....

    Just a beautiful song..

  7. B.... W....

    1972 man the beaches of South LA The beautiful chicks and the surfing was always good peace my dear brother

  8. J.... R....

    Song about my hometown! More than awesome!

  9. V.... M....

    Janet Jackson :)

  10. C.... D....

    The stars and lizards it's all an adventure with purple being

  11. A.... K....

    "Purple rain" sounds like a #Kurzgesagt video

  12. R.... ....

    what a great tune

  13. j.... m....

    I remember putting this song on the morning of homecoming 2019 and being really excited preparing everything making sure everything went perfect. I was really excited to take my date and I was just vibing to this song to calm my nerves

  14. J.... J....

    Polly travelling the Ventura highway. Your beautiful green eyes sparkling and your auburn hair blowing forever in my mind. Damn I miss those days and your sweet smile baby.

  15. D.... S....

    They did the soundtrack for the Last Unicorn. Love them💋💗💗💗💗

  16. A.... H....

    This might be in GOTG3

  17. D.... W....

    Back when music was music.

  18. c.... ....

    Sunday afternoons, music playing on the lp player. Its sunny and warm, family around; your safe and dreaming of Alligator lizards?

  19. C.... B....

    Black girl.OK.America transended the plane.Tough band, oh yeah.

  20. V.... L....

    Dan Peak, guy on far left on LP; met him personally in Autumn 1986, in a gymnasium HS at Cedar Springs, Michigan just outside Grand Rapids, Michigan and he shared his testimony with me about his relationship with Jesus Christ,, and then the concert

  21. V.... M....

    Excellent Song. Love it Still.

  22. d.... d....

    Do you guys see the face from the right Guy back in on of your friends

  23. j.... h....

    I have a bucket list. On that list is to drive the California coastline in a convertible, rockin out to the classics. This song is on the playlist

  24. C.... L....

    America. What heartfelt music that I have always loved !! Esp horse with no name ... what a blessed group - thanks😘

  25. M.... S....

    I was fortunate enough to experience some of the great groups in concert in the late seventies. The Stones @ Soldier Field in Chicago. Fleetwood Mac, The Eagles and The Steve MIller Band @ Milwaukee County Stadium on the same ticket. Foreigner, Nazareth and Molly Hatchett @ Metro Center Rockford, Il., R. E.O. Speedwagon at the Rockford Armory...note: REO was a coming of age bar band before this. E.L.O. @ Dane County Coliseum, Madison Wisc. I haven't caught up with America on tour, but I fully intend to. Nothing matches a live, in concert, experience. Rock On!!!!

  26. P.... v....

    one of my favorite songs since ...the last Millennium

  27. S.... H....

    Crying right now

  28. K.... P....

    I'm actually into to hard core Funk and roll. But America has a style that I love.

  29. L.... ....

    2:59 BOSSU ! , GIVE ME THIS PHONE (~takes a frog~) , I HAVE TO ANSWER !

  30. R.... R....

    Texas houston tx canal street high as bird smoking mota from mexico the best high ever and being chase by houston PD

  31. t.... f....

    I herd this song n lived tht dream

  32. R.... K....

    This song remember me the chrismas on the discotek from my town which my GIRFRIEND thanks América and musiuns

  33. L.... T....

    2019 Here

    L.... T....

    Same here. Great song.

  34. p.... g....

    Gretaest band name ever..How the hell did they snap this one up?

  35. M.... B....

    12.108 aliens to date....!

  36. K.... ....

    “I’ve been hit by Purple Rain”.....hmmmm, Seems Prince liked America.

    K.... ....

    I guess so. I thought I had it figured out, That 50's channel threw me off and I don't really like this version so I just moved on. You win the prize, It ships to you in 4 to 6 weeks. A box full of packing peanuts one of which is a numbered special edition. 😁 You didn't have to get so bent out of shape.

    K.... ....

    Tom Towers
    I wasn’t “bent out of shape” I just don’t like it when people “correct” me when they don’t know what they’re talking about.

    Who does?

    K.... ....

    @KevinR1138 I thought I knew, I was sure but turned out I was confused. Oh well not really a big deal. And actually I'm glad to have been corrected and learned something.

    K.... ....

    bro purple rain is just a desire that won't be met

    K.... ....

    Tybo03
    Ok, but it’s a rather specific phrase that I can’t find an earlier reference to anywhere.

  37. S.... E....

    Today I begin to cut my old chinaberry tree log into planks for furniture. I raised my tree for 30 years. Now she lays in my yard, and I need to sharpen my chainsaw. I remember her fragrant blossoms, her sweet summer magic. At times that was all I had to keep me from hitting bottom.

  38. n.... m....

    use to drive 101 to Ventura 4 times a day, but never saw a alligator lizard flying!

  39. P.... W....

    One of the best composed & produced pop songs ever.

  40. 4.... ....

    Chewing on a piece of grass
    Walking down the road
    Tell me, how long you gonna stay here Joe?
    Some people say this town don't look
    Good in snow
    You don't care, I know

    Ventura Highway in the sunshine
    Where the days are longer
    The nights are stronger
    Than moonshine
    You're gonna go I know

    'Cause the free wind is blowin' through
    Your hair
    And the days surround your daylight
    There
    Seasons crying no despair
    Alligator lizards in the air

    Wishin' on a falling star
    Watchin' for the early train
    Sorry boy, but I've been hit by
    Purple rain
    Aw, come on Joe, you can always
    Change your name
    Thanks a lot son, just the same

    Ventura Highway
    In the sunshine
    Where the days are longer
    The nights are stronger
    Than moonshine
    You're gonna go I know

    'Cause the free wind is blowin' through
    Your hair
    And the days surround you daylight
    There
    Seasons crying no despair
    Alligator lizards in the air

  41. D.... C....

    Pass the doobie man 😙😁

  42. M.... ....

    All I remember about the seventies is shitty disco and pop songs. What a let down after the 60’s.

  43. I.... M....

    that opening guitar riff is the definition of nostalgia

  44. M.... J....

    It is true that there is no actual highway named Ventura Highway, but It exists, nonetheless because we want it to exist. It exists in a beautiful time and place where dreams are made of. I drove it once when I was in California and I saw the sign for Ventura and suddenly the song was in my head, the radio was turned off, and even though I didn't look closely at the map, I knew I was on this magical road.

  45. R.... D....

    the best... 12k dislikes?..... no, no, no,

  46. S.... W....

    Beautiful Song

  47. D.... A....

    Old school, grew up with all the great artists, songs....😊

  48. T.... C....

    le 4 décembre, en me rendant au Consulat, c'est une partie de ma personne, qui sera arrachée à jamais, , car même, si je renonce à ma nationalité Américaine, c'est une partie de mon être, qui s'en va.... depuis si longtemps, comprendre les gens qui doivent partir de leur pays, de leur Terre , ce n'est pas difficile de les comprendre, de les aimer, et donc, pour panser les "blessures" je mettrai les bouchées doubles, il y aura encore tant de choses à faire, que de penser à ma "petite personne" Esther Kervyn Miller.

  49. S.... D....

    oooOOOOH FUCK! that intro is mood

  50. t.... ....

    I wish I grew up in the 70’s

  51. G.... G....

    i never get tired of this tune. even after all these years. thanx Beckley and Bunnell

  52. V.... C....

    USUALLY ON FOLK HOUSE...

  53. V.... C....

    THERE ARE GROUP HERE IN PHILLIPINES COPY VENTURA HIGHWAY USUALLY ON FILL HOUSE THEY USE 12 STRINGS OF CHRIST AND SONG THIS VENTURA HIGHWAY ITS VERY NICE TO WATCH THEY LIKE AMERICA ..

  54. E.... P....

    " ventura highway " 🌷🧚🏽‍♂️

  55. W.... 1....

    Always Played on Sunny 107.9 Salem SC Lake Keowee Radio WFBSFM.com worldwide or just ask Goggle or Alexa to play WFBS FM Sunny 107.9 FM Salem for the best in oldies from the 60's 70's and 80's plus Carolina Beach Music!

  56. a.... ....

    Janet Jackson's "Someone to Call My Lover" seems to copy the intro from America's Ventura Highway. I wonder if there was a lawsuit? See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWd9IgPktA4

  57. G.... L....

    November 2019...and this gives me the chills...MUSIC at its BEST...

  58. p.... ....

    Something about the windows down, the sun setting and the wind blowing on your face is the only way to listen to this song

  59. R.... G....

    I was privileged to see these guys at the brand new Aloha Stadium in Honolulu in 1974 or 1975 can't remember been a long time, lol. Great show, loved the mellow feeling with my tie dyed t-short, bell bottom jeans and sandals living the dream on the beaches of Hawaii!

  60. J.... L....

    So glad I grew up in the 60s and the 70s when there was real music!!!!!

  61. D.... ....

    On everybody's all time classic list, what a timeless, wonderful song

  62. N.... L....

    What an amazing song

  63. K.... G....

    I was in 5th grade when this song came out, loved it then still enjoy listening to it.

  64. H.... R....

    💙💙💙

  65. k.... c....

    They were barely put of high school when they put this one out

  66. O.... V....

    classic hit the heart rock

  67. m.... e....

    My mother was a 70s kid so I grew up listening to America, Fleetwood Mac, Eagles, steely Dan, the doobie brothers etc. Now I can say I have a great taste in music

  68. s.... ....

    There was NO time like the 70s... ‘thanks a lot, son.’

  69. P.... G....

    This song shimmers like sunlight.

  70. �.... �....

    ★★★★★

  71. R.... H....

    Good Times, easy going! Love it!

  72. D.... P....

    Rode that road seems like a million times. Listening to this song.

  73. A.... C....

    Can someone please tell me, what is an Alligator Lizard, and why is it in the air???

    A.... C....

    When he was a kid he and his brother were looking at clouds and looking at their shapes, he saw one that looked like an alligator lizard. Wikipedia goes into more detail.

  74. M.... o....

    .
    Huh? how'd I get switched off Rhiannon?
    .

    M.... o....

    Divine intervention

  75. G.... H....

    Anyone else here from drew monson

  76. G.... K....

    I listen to America in the late 10's. Harmonies are great! Driving on CA highways in the summer with the top down in a little Alfa Spider - HEAVEN!!!

  77. F.... C....

    JANET JACKSON BRINGS ME HERE

  78. J.... M....

    This song was so good, even Janet Jackson had to sample the guitar riffs at the beginning 0:01

  79. D.... J....

    Jeez, look at these Guys in that Picture there.. They were Kids when they Sang this!

  80. B.... F....

    classic tune!

  81. D.... O....

    This song came out right after my mom died suddenly when I was 16. You’re gonna go, I know.

  82. G.... P....

    Always kinda reminds me of Neil Young.

  83. n.... b....

    I was born about 30 years too late... I feel like I belonged in the 70's and 80's, not the 90's and early 2000's

    n.... b....

    Right there with you.

  84. C.... S....

    I have to wonder, how many here drove 3,000 miles and then drove down the Ventura highway while playing this song?

    I did. Summer of '82. One listen and I'm back there.

    C.... S....

    CD Smith I drove 3500 KM playing there greatest hits album, but in Canada

  85. j.... J....

    played this on many surf trips traveling the coast highway…..

  86. M.... 9....

    The reason I picked up a guitar. Such a pretty song, but also with killer session musicians on - drums and bass are top draw.

  87. B.... G....

    many Moons ago !!!! Know it by Heart for I breath it every Day and it lives with in me ....  Survey says number one best Karaoke song

  88. M.... G....

    *2019*


    Anyone else remember driving down the Ventura Freeway to Canon Road through Malibu to Zuma Beach while listening to this ???

    M.... G....

    Yes! One of my favorite areas in the whole world. My uncle many years ago had a house in Point Dume.

    M.... G....

    @Vince Tolomei Awesome, we were at Point Dune at Zuma Dune- all the way to the cliffs, every single day in the summertime. All the stars lived there up on that hill, Goldie Hawn's was right above where we surfed+swam, it was so beautiful back then.

  89. r.... n....

    Southbound coming from Vegas: Everytime I pass Needles on the way to Havasu , I think of this song. or Vice Versa.

  90. S.... S....

    Um....did he....did he just say, " alligator lizards in the air" ...??? I don't know where Ventura highway is...but it sounds kinda dangerous.

  91. A.... G....

    It is my wish to live near ventura highway

  92. N.... N....

    so this came on after Band On The Run, was doing a tribute to my late father, and this made me feel like he was right there beside me smiling, just singing along with them, but we never heard this song, at least I didn't until this, as i finish this with tears in my eyes and my dad's voice filling my ears, I just want to say... thank you, for this wonderful melody


    P.S. I kinda resemble each of them, but none of them, that's quite odd!

  93. S.... A....

    i thought the first line was "chewing on a pizza in paradise" and that line had me but then i looked up the lyrics and realized the lyric is "chewing on a piece of grass"

  94. r.... l....

    Summer nights driving along the garden highway in a 63 Merc convertible with my troubles fading in the rear view mirror

  95. j.... c....

    Great Music and Song.

  96. I.... F....

    Juuuuuuuuust beautiful.

  97. R.... D....

    Being a New Yorker I need to go out west 🥵

    R.... D....

    Yes you do!! Beautiful out here

  98. J.... B....

    If I had choice of only one album to take to a desert island, America's greatest hits would be the one

  99. M.... J....

    My entire life i lived in South Carolina and felt out of place. Always without money, purpose, and a sense of belonging. Ever since I first stepped in California I have found my place, and I can play this song knowing I am living it. The California dream is still strong!

    M.... J....

    I love living life for free here in beautiful 👍AUSTRALIA 🇦🇨 anywhere but SYDNEY 👎 even though eventually we all do have to pay the PIPER. Anyway what I would like to know is California a care and free place in the sense of the word and could ONE so easily live theyre NOW because it sounds like Queensland 🇦🇨Australia in away 🧞👍