Dionne Warwick

Songwriter: Hal David Burt Bacharach

Producer: Hal David Burt Bacharach

[Intro]
(Whoa whoa whoawhoa whoa whoa whoawhoa whoa whoa)
(Whoa whoa whoawhoa whoa whoa whoawhoa whoa whoa)

[Verse 1]
Do you know the way to San Jose?
I’ve been away so long
I may go wrong and lose my way
Do you know the way to San Jose?
I’m going back to find
Some peace of mind in San Jose

[Chorus]
L.A. is a great big freeway
Put a hundred down and buy a car
In a week, maybe two
They’ll make you a star
Weeks turn into years, how quick they pass
And all the stars that never were
Are parking cars and pumping gas

[Verse 2]
You can really breathe in San Jose
They’ve got a lot of space
There’ll be a place where I can stay
I was born and raised in San Jose
I’m going back to find
Some peace of mind in San Jose

[Chorus]
Fame and fortune is a magnet
It can pull you far away from home
With a dream in your heart you’re never alone
Dreams turn into dust and blow away
And there you are without a friend
You pack your car and ride away

[Bridge]
I’ve got lots of friends in San Jose
(Whoa whoa whoawhoa whoa whoa whoawhoa whoa whoa)
Do you know the way to San Jose?
(Whoa whoa whoawhoa whoa whoa whoawhoa whoa whoa)

[Chorus]
Oh, L.A. is a great big freeway
Put a hundred down and buy a car
In a week, maybe two
They’ll make you a star
Weeks turn into years, how quick they pass
And all the stars that never were
Are parking cars and pumping gas

[Outro]
I’ve got lots of friends in San Jose
(Whoa whoa whoawhoa whoa whoa whoawhoa whoa whoa)
Oh, do you know the way to San Jose?
(Whoa whoa whoawhoa whoa whoa whoawhoa whoa whoa)
Hmm, can’t wait to get back to San Jose
(Whoa whoa whoawhoa whoa whoa whoawhoa whoa whoa whoa)
(Whoa whoa whoawhoa whoa whoa whoawhoa whoa whoa whoa)
(Whoa whoa whoawhoa whoa whoa whoawhoa whoa whoa whoa)
(Whoa whoa whoawhoa whoa whoa whoawhoa whoa whoa whoa)

Marie Dionne Warwick is a six-time Grammy Award-winning singer, actress, television host, and former United Nations Global Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization and United States Ambassador of Health. Dionne jumped on the music scene in the early 1960’s and made her name legendary from than on. Numerous of artists living and dead find inspiration from this woman. She is also the cousin of Cissy Houston & Whitney Houston.

more tracks from the album

Valley of the Dolls

From the albums

Valley of the Dolls (1968)
Anthology 1962-1969 (1988)
Dionne Warwick Sings Burt Bacharach (1988)
AM Gold 1968 (1995)
The Love Collection (2008)

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