Maybe I'm a loner
Maybe I'm a man
Maybe I'm a fool
But tried to understand

I've been a dreamer
And I've been around
And I've spent my time
In many lonesome towns

I used to know a woman
I used to know a child
Sometimes she was so gentle
Sometimes she'd be so wild

I gave her all my lovin'
And I gave her all my youth
So certain of the future
So sure we found the truth

San Francisco Bay
Where my love and I did run away
We were looking for another day
But we couldn't find the words to say...

San Francisco Bay
All the flowers that we gave away
Didn't know our sky was turning gray
We were so young in San Francisco Bay
So you see my darling
Just why I've been so strange
I've had so many heartaches
It's hard for me to change

So when you talk of lovin'
And going away with me
I still can't help remembering
The way things used to be...

San Francisco Bay
Where my love and I did run away
We were looking for another day
But we couldn't find the words to say...

San Francisco Bay
All the flowers that we gave away
Didn't know our sky was turning gray
We were so young in San Francisco Bay

San Francisco Bay
Where my love and I did run away
We were looking for another day
But we couldn't find the words to say...

San Francisco Bay
All the flowers that we gave away
Didn't know our sky was turning gray
We were so young in San Francisco Bay