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, yeah

I thought I should see

Now I'm back home, yeah

With twelve little pieces of me

I was just a passenger, a rider on the tremors

That were shaking all our beds at night

A visitor, a stranger thought I might pass for a regular

If I just kept out of the lights

I 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, yeah

I thought I should see

Now I'm back home, yeah

Got twelve little pieces of me

California, yeah

I dreamed I would find

Some kinda sorta pick-me-up

I got twelve little pieces of my mind

California, yeah

I thought I should see

Now I'm back home, yeah

Got twelve little pieces of me

California, yeah

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, oh