California, Missouri

I graduated with eight-six sheep

I was the black one

If there was a reputation to be had in this town

I had the bad one

I was born in the wrong place in the wrong time

But sometimes the wrong way

Makes you the right kind

I was all in a hurry

And if i got past there, I won't stop lyin'

Ii could get a head start on anything that hurt me

Anywhere I go, don't feel like you

Was that good or bad

I don't know if I'm runnin' away

I don't know if I'm runnin' toward ya

I guess that's what you get

When you're born and stuck in California

California, Missouri

I just really hope one day

That you were gonna love me

I was California dreamin'

From the middle of the country

I look for you in the best of them

In every face and city skyline

I got out of your way

But did you get out of line

And I was all in a hurry

And if i got past there, I won't stop lyin'

I could get a head start on anything that hurt me

Anywhere I go, don't feel like you

Was that good or bad

I don't know if I'm runnin' away

I don't know if I'm runnin' toward ya

I guess that's what you get

When you're born and stuck in California

California, Missouri

Ain't no shiny lights or palm trees

There's more stars in the sky

Than stars in the street

It's bittersweet, it's bittersweet, it's bittersweet

There's too many ghosts, too many memories

I was all in a hurry

And if i got past there, I won't stop lyin'

Nothin' could hurt me

Anywhere I go, don't feel like you

Was that good or bad

I don't know if I'm runnin' away

I don't know if I'm runnin' toward ya

I guess that's what you get

When you're born and stuck in California

California, Missouri

California, Missouri

Are you proud?

Are you proud of me, California, Missouri?