100894 – Vår siste dag i San Francisco er en rolig dag. Vi kjører kabelbanen til Fisherman’s Wharf og skuer mot Alcatraz og Golden Gate. For fjerde dag pakker tåka inn brroen og vi begynner å bli bekymret for at vi aldri vil få se den. Vi tar ut frustrasjonen med å banke en svenske i pinball. Vi ser sjøløvene på Pier 39. De flyttet inn en dag i 1989 rett før et jordskjelv og har aldri reist videre. Sånn går det når man forelsker seg i en by.

Vi tar kabelbanen tilbake til Chinatown og kikker innom City Lights Bookstore som publiserte Allen Ginsberg og andre beatpoeter fra åpningen i 1953. I dag er den et National Historic Landmark og er verdt et besøk.

I North Beach blir det blues i en mørk bar og det er tid for å oppsummere vårt besøk i San Francisco…

San Francisco (Ottershagen)

As we reached Market north of Mission
and the hippies faded into gray
there and then we made the decision
to walk all the way to Golden Gate
We made a stop at our pool place
and we talked to Mina and Jay
drank some bottles of Corona
then it was time to hit the streets again

“You can stay with me” she offered
“we could party all day long
I could show you all of my treasures”
but it’s getting late
and I have to go home

Where the Orient meets the Broadway
and the poets give in to their lust
I learned the secrets of the great China
a result of money not of trust
Bye, bye to the beaten generation
sunglasses after dark and looking cool
and as we continued on our mission
I wondered if anyone was fooled

“You can stay with me” she offered
“we could party all day long
I could show you all of my treasures”
but it’s getting late
and I have to go home

A freaked out brother in need of money
trying to play the blues on his guitar
he was more talking than singing
to the line waiting for the cable car
Through Marina to Presidio
leaving the Russian Hills behind
I shed a tear for the lost sailors
who came here with the gold in their eyes

Finally the fog revealed the ocean
and I could see the sun going down
a thousand cars passing by us
and from the east came the night so cold
somewhere a ship blew its whistle
and it made me turn around
there I saw the strangest thing happen
San Francisco turning into gold

“You can stay with me” she offered
“we could party all day long
I could show you all of my treasures”
but it’s getting late
and I have to go home