Took a trip to California to see where those old days are gone And the girl that went with them - curiosity, that's all I swear I swear In Mendocino County thought I saw Thomas Pinchen at the end of the bar But that's just Rob Brezsny writing his real astrology column Headed up the coast with my only Jewish Mexican friend Found a bar in Arcadia it was the means to an end In the alley for a smoke got beat up by some arian goons Lying in my blood I said hey Juan does this mean I'm gringo CHORUS: Where have those days gone Where have those days gone Where have those days gone So we crawled towards the ocean through brambles of olallieberry thorns While blue lights they flailed, sirens wailed, we were ripped and we were torn Don't know why we were hiding, never could make that girl wanna stay It made sense to a man, it's curiosity that's all I swear