No matter how I ever try As long as I know that I'm right I'm sure they felt the same What if we stop chasing this dream Give up to join this endless game Now and forever Welcome back California Dreamin' Please shine on me another minute today Is the day that I could die Get up it's morning let's go to work Performing this ancient ritual This tradition still goes on Just to weeks to turn your minds off And to believe you're the only one Who's gonna live forever Welcome back California Dreamin' Please shine on me another minute today Is the day that I could die Welcome back California Dreamin' Please shine on me another minute today Is the day that I could die My friends they've all got a degree To live the way they used to hate Gotta be a man just like me They now say Welcome back California Dreamin' Please shine on me another minute today Is the day that I could die Welcome back California Dreamin' Please shine on me another minute today Is the day that I could die