How do we love state parks? Let us count the ways! In honor of Valentine’s Day, we’ve put a California state park twist on classic love poems and songs.
How do I love state parks? Let me count the ways.
I love state parks to the mountain and desert and sea
My soul can reach, when feeling out of glee…
Based on How do I love Thee? by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Shall I compare our parks to a summer’s day?
They art more lovely and more temperate.
Rough winds to shake the darling buds of May
And summer’s lease hath all too short a date.
Based on Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare
Sea’s got a park it seems to me
Reminds me of childhood memories
Where everything was as fresh as the bright blue sky
Now and then when I see this place
It puts the biggest smile on my face
And if I was away too long
I’d probably break down and cry.
Oh, oh, oh
Sweet Salton Sea
Oh, oh, oh, oh
State park of mine
Based on Sweet Child O Mine by Guns N Roses
I left my heart on Angel Island
Center of the bay, it calls to me
To be where lots of trees climb hallway to the stars
The morning fog may chill the air, I don’t care
My love waits there on Angel Island
Based on Left My Heart in San Francisco by Tony Bennett
I hopped off the plane at LAX
With a dream and my trekking poles
Welcome to the land of trail excess
Woah, can I fit them all in?
Jumped in the park
I’m at Topanga for the first time
Look to my right and I see the park’s trail head sign
This is all amazing
Everything seems so spacious!
Based on Party In The U.S.A. by Miley Cyrus
I’ve got Tahoe on a cloudy day
When it’s cold outside I’ve got the Emerald Bay
Well I guess you’d say
What can make me feel this way?
State parks (state parks, state parks)
Talkin’ ‘bout state parks (state parks)
Based on My Girl by the Temptations
How sweet it is to see trees like you
Ooh, redwoods, I needed the shelter of someone’s leaves
And there you were
I needed someone to support my hikes all around
And there you were
With sweet love and devotion
Deeply touching my emotion
I want to stop and thank you redwoods
I just want to stop and thank you redwoods
How sweet it is to see trees like you!
Based on How Sweet It Is by Marvin Gaye
P – is for the way they’re so pretty
A – is for how awesome they can be
R – is really, really, extraordinary
K – is knowing that they’re also wildlife habitat
Parks are all a gift for me and you
Parks all need support from me and you
Parks are more than just a tree or two
With us parks can make it
Care for them and please don’t fake it
Parks were made for me and you!
Based on L.O.V.E. by Nat King Cole
Although we’ve come
To the end of the road
Still I can’t go home
It’s so natural
Parks belong to me
Parks belong to you
And now we’ve come
To the end of the trail
Take a deep inhale
It’s so natural
Parks belong to me
Parks belong to you
Based on End Of The Road by Boyz II Men
Want to show your love for California state parks? Fill in the poem below (or create your own)! Don’t forget to share your words of love by commenting below or sharing with us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram using #ILoveCAStateParks!
California Fuchsias are red,
Wild Lilacs are blue.
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