Machine Head
California Bleeding
[Verse 1]
I'm not the billionaire class
From San Lorenzo with the trailer trash
I can't afford a fucking thing in sight
Something about this state is just so right
San Francisco, give me your money
Drug-crazed, road rage, don't ya act funny
I wanna smoke till I'm Oakland high
And drop some acid in the Barstow night
Sacramento, marching downtown
Mendocino, beer me down
[Chorus]
Cut me open, leave me splayed
(Stitch me back together)
California's bleeding me
(Blame it on the weather)
Sail me down the river
Temper like a trigger
Take a shot of vodka
Blow out my liver
California's bleeding me
[Post-Chorus]
(One, two)
[Verse 2]
Don't give a fuck if I'm banned
The fucking rodents down at Disneyland
Highway 5 down to 99
I'm getting head near the Fresno sign
Berryessa, stumbling and stammered
East Bay Tramps out drinking and hammered
And Hollywood's giving me the bends
'Cause in L,A., you ain't got no friends
Fremont meth-head getting me wired
Start a riot, light a fire
[Chorus]
Cut me open, leave me splayed
(Stitch me back together)
California's bleeding me
(Blame it on the weather)
Sail me down the river
Temper like a trigger
Watch your back
Here come the gold diggers
California's bleeding me
And I don't care tonight
[Guitar Solo]
[Bridge]
We're going west
Like rats, we come to infest
We never rest
Feed on the fucking stress
[Refrain]
Cut me open, leave me splayed...
Stitch me back together
[Chorus]
California's bleeding me
(Blame it on the weather)
Sail me down the river
Temper like a trigger
Take some shots
And blow out my liver
California's bleeding me
And I don't care tonight
[Outro]
And you won't go home
'Cause we welcome all
Golden State brings home the gold