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, yeah I thought I should see (Now) now I'm back home, yeah With 12 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 California, yeah I thought I should see (Now) now I'm back home, yeah Got 12 little pieces of me California, yeah I dreamed I would find Some kinda, sorta pick me up I got 12 little pieces of my mind California, yeah I thought I should see (Now) now I'm back home, yeah Got 12 little pieces of me, yeah California, yeah I dreamed I would find Some kinda, sorta pick me up I got 12 little pieces of my mind 12 little pieces of my mind 12 little pieces of my mind 12 little pieces of my mind, oh-oh