(Verse) 

Why's everyone still singing about California? 
Haven't we heard enough about the Golden State? 
I guess if you like sandy beaches and blue ocean water 
There's something about it, to which I cannot relate 
I need to see the leaves change and the snowflakes falling 
I need to hear the call, the wind whistling through the winter pines 

 [bad word]  

Why's everyone still singing about California? 
Haven't we heard enough about the Golden State? 
And people still follow them dreams to sweet California 
And from time to time I pass on by, but I will never stay 

(Verse) 

Sure there are beautiful people, in the city of lost angels 
They're living like they're kings and queens, from some royal age 
But fortune and fame won't save you, when California 
Is wiped out by the ring of fire or a great earthquake 

 [bad word]  

Why's everyone still singing about California? 
Haven't we heard enough about the Golden State? 
And people still follow them dreams to sweet California 
And from time to time I pass on by, but I will never stay 
No, I will never stay 

Never stay x2