California

Driven through the canyons I was

Dazzled by the mountains and we didn't go very far

Close enough to heaven if you

Climb up on a mansion you too can swing like a star

I tried to get inside I bought a

Ticket with my pride and I was gone right out of my head

I went out for a ride to go

Across a great divide and I ended up at home instead

California

I thought I should see

Now I'm back home, yeah

With twelve little pieces of me

I was just a passenger a

Rider on the tremors that were shaking all our beds at night

A visitor a stranger thought I

Might pass for a regular if I just kept out of the lights

Tore my heart out from my chest

Mixed it up in my mind with the best freshest pieces of my soul

Chose the ones I loved the most

Drove 'em all down to the coast

Threw 'em in a big black hole

[02:27]California

[02:33]I thought I should see

[02:38]Now I'm back home, yeah

[02:42]With twelve little pieces of me

[02:48]California

[02:54]I dreamed I would find

[02:59]Some kinda sorta pick-me-up

[03:02]I got twelve little pieces of my mind

[04:17][04:12]twelve little pieces of my mind