Now it's gettin' so I'm mad when someone says your name

'Cause I've had to say good-bye to friends who couldn't stay away

And sometimes it felt so wrong to never want to lean on you

You may stand tall, but I've got two feet too



Now we talked of you in bars around a quiet beer

Tell their tales of mine-gone stones where no one else can hear

And later on outside, they say they're gettin' on a plane

To fly away, leavin' you again



California, my friends all call you home

And if you take away another, I'll be that much more alone

Is it my fault that my kind are always drawn toward the sun

Like a child to home whenever darkness comes



Now in a few more years, I won't remember what it was to play

The music of old friends who need to live so far away

But can I once taste more than waters, then forsake them for the South

To feel California's ashes in my mouth



California, my friends all call you home

And if you take away another, I'll be that much more alone

Is it my fault that my kind are always drawn toward the sun

Like a child to home whenever darkness comes



California, my friends all call you home

And if you take away another, I'll be that much more alone

Is it my fault that my kind are always drawn toward the sun

Like a child to home whenever darkness comes

Like a child to home whenever darkness comes