I tried to get inside I bought a ticket with my pride
Now I'm back home, yeah
I thought I should see
California
I thought I should see
Now I'm back home, yeah
For a regular if I just kept out of the lights
I was just a passenger a rider on the tremors
With twelve little pieces of me
I tore my heart out from my chest
And I ended up at home instead
I went out for a ride to go across a great divide
And I was gone right out of my head
California
A visitor a stranger thought I might pass
Drove them all down to the coast threw them in a big black hole
Mixed it up in my mind with the best freshest pieces of my soul
Chose the ones I loved the most
California
With twelve little pieces of me
I got twelve little pieces of my mind
Twelve little pieces of my mind
That were shaking all our beds at night
I got twelve little pieces of my mind
Close enough to heaven
California
I dreamed I would find
I dreamed I would find
Now I'm back home, yeah
Twelve little pieces of my mind
California
With twelve little pieces of me
Some kinda sorta pick-me-up
I thought I should see
Some kinda sorta pick-me-up
If you climb up on a mansion you too can swing like a star
