Dan Wilson - California lyrics

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 I thought I should see Now I'm back home, yeah With twelve little pieces of me I was just a pa**enger A rider on the tremors That were shaking all our beds at night A visitor a stranger thought I might pa** for a regular If I just kept out of the lights 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 I thought I should see Now I'm back home, yeah Got twelve little pieces of me California I dreamed I would find Some kinda sorta pick-me-up I got twelve little pieces of my mind California I thought I should see Now I'm back home, yeah Got twelve little pieces of me California 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, ohh