Oh no, I'm late for work again,
Sky is the color of concrete
Wouldn't you know it would have to be raining

Oh no, the streets are full of strangers
Clutching their soggy umbrellas
And none of them offer to share their protection

Gotta be this town, dragging me down
Wish that I could be

In California
The trees are always green in California
The streets are always clean in California
And the people look so happy
Cuz they wake up every day
In California

Oh no, you've got that face again
The one that says I failed you
And as usual I'm clueless about it

Oh no, I do not have the strength
To field your foolish questions
Sometimes I wonder why we're still together

Gotta be this town, dragging me down
Wish that I could be

In California
The trees are always green in California
The streets are always clean in California
And the people look so happy
Cuz they wake up every day
In California

The sky is always blue in California
We could start brand new in California
Where everyone is happy
Maybe we’d be happy too
In California

Baby I'm not imagining things
With my own eyes I've seen it on the screen
And if the camera lies
I want it to lie about me