Semisonic - 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.