I'm leaving South Dakota behind

And I'm driving away from me

And I keep telling my myself

I'm selling myself

I'm selling myself



I'm Feeling California tonight

Cause South Dakota just wasn't right for me

And Minnesota's much too cold

And Santa Fe was too damn old for me

And that's why I'm here

That's why I'm here

That's why I'm here



Seems like all the troubles I have

It Haunts me like winter snow

I heard that way out there in the west

It never gets cold

It never gets cold



I'm Feeling California tonight

Cause South Dakota just wasn't right for me

And Minnesota's much too cold

And Santa Fe was too damn old for me

And that's why I'm here

That's why I'm here

That's why I'm here



People staring, watching me

Like the FBI and the Eye in the sky

They're expecting me to fall on my face

Give up on my dreams and throw them away

Wife don't love me, baby's hungry, when I look inside, I'm not free

They may never see things clear

But, I am screaming my way out of here



I'm Feeling California tonight

Cause South Dakota just wasn't right for me

And Minnesota's much too cold

And Santa Fe was too damn old for me

That's why I'm here



I'm Feeling California tonight

Cause South Dakota just wasn't right for me

And Minnesota's much too cold

And Santa Fe was too damn old for me

And that's why I'm here



That's why I'm here

That's why I'm here

That's why I'm here

That's why I'm here

That's why I'm here