[Verse 1]
Step off the plane and the first thing that I hear
"Welcome to California"
I'm doing my best just to try not to disappear
And no one's gonna do that for ya
I've got pale white skin and a point I've got to prove (got to prove)
And I hear that's easy if you got the money (got the money)
Now they tell me I'm done but I'm only 22 (22)
Yeah, California's kinda funny

[Chorus]
Either I can do better
Or I'm just fooling myself
I never say never
'Cause I'm just full of myself
Either I can do better
Or I'm just fooling myself
I never say never
'Cause I'm just full of myself

Welcome to California

[Verse 2]
I'm setting up shop‚ doing what I gotta do to live
And I've been inhaling that super freeway (super freeway)
27 months with a hunger that I just can't shift (just can't shift)
That hunger's pretty common these days
[Pre-Chorus]
We all wanna be rich and famous and powerful
These are snowman's dreams and they're beautiful
We need those fast cars‚ Hollywood stars
We'll split the difference and make it all ours
Welcome to California

[Chorus]
Either I can do better
Or I'm just fooling myself
I never say never
'Cause I'm just full of myself
Either I can do better
Or I'm just fooling myself
I never say never
'Cause I'm just full of myself

Welcome to California

You know I don't know what I'm doing

[Verse 3]
She says she came here just to get away from god
She says‚ "I need you to tell me something"
"How can I stay when I'm always falling off?"
She takes a sip and says she hopes she's dead by morning
And she jumps up on the table, says she's over it
And she screams, "I'm gonna be Marilyn Monroe"
For a place that got so famous for it's glamour and it's sunshine
I'm still surprised by all the snow
[Pre-Chorus]
We all wanna be rich and famous and powerful
Do these snowman's dreams make us beautiful?
We need those fast cars‚ Hollywood stars
We'll split the difference and make it all ours
Welcome to California

[Chorus]
Either I can do better
Or I'm just fooling myself
I never say never
'Cause I'm just full of myself
Either I can do better
Or I'm just fooling myself
I never say never
'Cause I'm just full of myself

Welcome to California

Welcome to California