When I was young my mamma told me SHe said child take your time Don't fall in love too quickly Before you know the one She held me round the shoulders In a voice so soft and kind She said love can make you happy And love can rob you blind Here in California fruit hangs heavy on the vines There's no gold I thought I'd warn you And the hills turn brown in the summertime Now I will learn to love you But I can't say when This morning we were strangers And tonight we're only friends I'll take the time to know you I'll take the time to see There's nothing I won't show you If you take your time with me Here in California fruit hangs heavy on the vines There's no gold I thought I'd warn you And the hills turn brown in the summertime SOLO There's a old familiar story An old familiar rhyme To everything there is a season To every purpose there's a time A time to love and come together A time when love longs for air ?? A time for questions we can't answer Though we ask them just the same Here in California fruit hangs heavy on the vines There's no gold I thought I'd warn you And the hills turn brown in the summertime