[Verse 1]
Carousels on the pier
When things were easier
A child's smile and pirate eyes
Thought it was merely love

[Pre-Chorus]
Saying oh-oh, oh-oh
You pull me in with your paradise
Saying oh-oh, oh-oh
What I would do to feel alive

[Chorus]
California, how I hate to love ya
Can't get sober, do anything for ya
It's a good dream until I wake up
Think we can make it, baby, you're my California

[Verse 2]
Beautiful silicon
Too good to be for real
Ride or die, keep me high
Oh, just enough to feel

[Pre-Chorus]
Saying oh-oh, oh-oh
You pull me in with your paradise
Saying oh-oh, oh-oh
What I would do to feel alive
[Chorus]
California, how I hate to love ya
Can't get sober, do anything for ya
It's a good dream until I wake up
Think we can make it, baby, you're my California
California, how I hate to love ya
Can't get sober, do anything for ya
It's a good dream until I wake up
Think we can make it, baby, you're my California