Raise Your Expectations

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