[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 could do better
Or I'm just fooling myself
I never say never
'Cause I'm just full of myself
Either I could 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 could do better
Or I'm just fooling myself
I never say never
'Cause I'm just full of myself
Either I could 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 its glamour and its sunshine
I'm still surprised by all the snow

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