| Driven through the canyons I was
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| Dazzled by the mountains and we, didn’t go very far
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| Close enough to heaven if you
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| Climb up on a mansion you too can, swing like a star
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| I tried to get inside
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| I bought a ticket with my pride
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| And I was gone right out of my head
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| I went out for a ride to go
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| Across a great divide
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| And I ended up at home instead
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| California
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| I thought I should see
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| Now I’m back home, yeah
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| With twelve little pieces of me
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| I was just a passenger
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| A rider on the tremors
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| That were shaking all our beds at night
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| A visitor a stranger thought
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| I might pass for a regular
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| If I just kept out of the lights
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| Tore my heart out from my chest
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| Mixed it up in my mind
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| With the best freshest pieces of my soul
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| Chose the ones I loved the most
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| Drove 'em all down to the coast
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| Threw 'em in a big black hole
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| California
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| I thought I should see
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| Now I’m back home, yeah
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| Got twelve little pieces of me
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| California
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| I dreamed I would find
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| Some kinda sorta pick-me-up
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| I got twelve little pieces of my mind
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| California
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| I thought I should see
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| Now I’m back home, yeah
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| Got twelve little pieces of me
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| California
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| I dreamed I would find
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| Some kinda sorta pick-me-up
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| I got twelve little pieces of my mind
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| Twelve little pieces of my mind
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| Twelve little pieces of my mind
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| Twelve little pieces of my mind, ohh |