[Verse 1]
California is the place to be
When you're alone in the world and you wanna be free
Up in the hills or down by the sea
Deep in the canyons where the vampires run free

[Verse 2]
California, dry as the moon
We wanna watch the end and we'll be there soon
Sun is the color of blood in my mouth
We were dying in the north, so we all ran south for the good life

[Chorus]
California, I love that name
Free from the past and free from the pain
California, wish you were here
Where the blood runs cold and the skies are clear

[Post-Chorus]
It's the good life
It's the good life

[Verse 3]
California burns to the sky
We're here to take the picture and to call out why
California, I love you at night
When all the lonely killers have turned out the light
And it's still and we got hours to kill
[Chorus]
California, I love that name
Free from the past and free from the pain
California, wish you were here
Where the blood runs cold and the skies are clear

[Chorus]
California, I love that name
Free from the past and free from the pain
California, forget what I mean
But the blood runs cold and the skies are clear

[Post-Chorus]
It's the good life
Yeah, it's the good life
It's the good life
Oh, it's the good life

[Outro]
Drive west on Sunset to the sea
Drive west on Sunset to the sea
Drive west on Sunset to the sea
You'll never find me