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