California, Missouri

I graduated with 86 sheep, I was the black one If there was a reputation to be out 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 Then I won't stop like I would 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 wrong in a way I don't know if I'm wrong and told 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're gonna love me I was California dreamin' from the middle of the country I look for you in the best of them And every face and city skyline I got out of your way But did you get out of my I was all in a hurry And if I got past Then I won't stop like I would 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 wrong in a way I don't know if I'm wrong and told ya I guess that's what you get when you're born And stuck in California California, Missouri Ain't no shining lights or palm trees There's more stars in the sky than stars in the streets It's bittersweet, it's bittersweet, it's bittersweet There's too many goals, too many memories I was all in a hurry And if I got past, then I won't stop like I nothing could hurt me Anywhere I go, don't feel like you was that good or bad I don't know if I'm wrong in a way I don't know if I'm wrong and told 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