Goodbye California after 9 long years of playing by your rules You'd think I'd have a clue I might miss the oceanif I cared to make that fifteen minute drive But I hardly made the time I'll be on my way gone today In a way I always knew this day would come When you don't belong then move along Try to get back all the years you may have lost Hey you might be better off Careful what you wish for you might suffer from the moment you arrive If you don't watch out for the lies And pay your parking meters and 10 dollars for a beer at most the bars With all them fancy cars I'll be on my way gone today In a way I always knew this day would come When you don't belong then move along Try to get back all the years you may have lost Hey you might be better off On your own lost When you're lost call Goodbye California I guess a memory of you will have to do From a foreign point of view And to the friends that I believe in now I understand why you can't come along but that's another song Goodbye California Goodbye California Goodbye California Goodbye California