Early in the morning you’ll remember all the words just right
If you never wanna be a silhouette you’ve got to find your light
Yeah, for forty days and forty nights
You lie awake, I know you cry
But dreaming in your room isn’t ever gonna get it done
Yeah, you got to walk before you run
Hey, son, go to California
Dance with the angels, dress how you wanna
Anyway, just like the river starts with a raindrop
You’ll make it better
Papa said, son, fight like the great ones
Keep your chin tucked just like I taught ya
Anyway, who said you can’t go
Where you wanna? California
So call me when you’re close and you feel them city lights
Don’t let the voices in your head talk too, you know they tell you lies
Yeah, for a hundred days, a hundred years
Yeah, there’ll be demons, yeah there’ll be fears
One day you’re gonna look back how far you’ve gone
But you better walk before you run
Hey, son, go to California
Dance with angels, dress how you wanna
Anyway, just like the river starts with a raindrop
You’ll make it better
Papa said, son, fight like the great ones
Keep your chin tucked just like I taught ya
Anyway, who said you can’t go
Where you wanna? California
California
California
(Oh, California)
(Oh, California)
Hey, son, go to California
Live with the angels, love who you wanna
Anyway, you know I’ll miss you
Just like your mama call if you want to
Any time you need a hand now
I’ll be there now just like I taught ya
Anyway, who says you can’t go
Where you wanna? California
Hey, son, go to California
Dance with the angels, dress how you wanna
Anyway, just like the river starts with a raindrop
You’ll make it better
Papa said, son, fight like the great ones
Keep your chin tucked just like I taught ya
Anyway, who says you can’t go
Where you wanna? California
(Oh, California)
(Oh, California)
(Oh, California)
(Oh, California)