I've been searching my mind I need a place to hide, it gets so hard to find I've been searching my dreams Faces look so strange, all the rooms have changed California You run so far away California This time, you're gonna stay I've been searching my life Somewhere in the past, nothing ever lasts I've been searching your eyes It's so hard to breathe in your eternity California You run so far away California This time, you're gonna stay With me for a little while I wanna see that smile again California You run so far away California This time, I'm gonna stay