Goodbye cold, goodbye rain
 Goodbye sorrow, goodbye shame
 I'm headed out west with my headphones on
 Boarded a flight with a song in the back of my soul
 And no one knows
 
I just found out her ghost left town
 The Queen of California is stepping down, down
 
Hello beauty, hello strange
 Hello wonder, what's your name?
 Looking for the sun that Neil Young hung
 After the gold rush of 1971
 
I just found out her ghost left town
 The Queen of California is stepping down, down
 
If you see her say, "Hello"
 Just don't tell me, "I told you so"
 Joni wrote Blue in her house by the sea
 I gotta believe there's another color waiting on me
 To set me free
 
I just found out her ghost left town
 The Queen of California is stepping down, down