When we crossed the Golden Gate to San Francisco

We were somewhere in time between the summer of love

And the dawn of disco

Out of time, out of money, out of luck, but we don't care

At Ashbury and Haight, you met your soulmate

It was nothing but pain from there

Raise your expectations

Make a date with destiny

Have no fear like a pioneer

Yeah, raise your expectations

Make a date with destiny

Have no fear like a pioneer

How did I arrive out here?

So far from where I first began

So many years, many years ago

New York to D.C. to L.A., California

Vancouver, B.C. didn't work out for me

I finally found a home in Portlandia

Raise your expectations

Make a date with destiny

Have no fear like a pioneer

You gotta raise your expectations

It's gonna take a lot of concentration

Life is what happens to you

While you're making other plans that don't come through, yeah

I remember San Francisco nights

The dark bay below, all the city lights

I didn't know, I didn't know, yeah

Stevie Wonder sang "Sunshine of My Life", yeah