Lyrics

What's that over coat you're wearing
I ain't seen nothing like that before
What's that language that you speaking
A foreign tongue I simply just abhor

Stuck right here in the middle
Never going far beyond these walls
The safety of common place.
Then a thumb right in the eye.

I …call it California
cuz it's something I don't understand
And when I say California
I mean a strange and distant land

Put your bags down and let’s talk a while
Maybe there’s something simple I can change
I’ll cover the bed with roses
Suffer the beauty and rejoice in the pain

Stay right in the middle
Feel the grass growing under your feet
There nothing out there to see
Well baby now please don't leave

Don’t go to California
Cuz it's someplace I don't understand
I swear I don’t even know ya’
Come on back, just give it one more chance

You’re so damn California
You’re so damn California
You’re so damn California
And I am just a simple man.