I'm leaving South Dakota behind
And I'm driving away from me
And I keep telling my myself
I'm selling myself
I'm selling myself

I'm Feeling California tonight
Cause South Dakota just wasn't right for me
And Minnesota's much too cold
And Santa Fe was too damn old for me
And that's why I'm here
That's why I'm here
That's why I'm here

Seems like all the troubles I have
It Haunts me like winter snow
I heard that way out there in the west
It never gets cold
It never gets cold

I'm Feeling California tonight
Cause South Dakota just wasn't right for me
And Minnesota's much too cold
And Santa Fe was too damn old for me
And that's why I'm here
That's why I'm here
That's why I'm here

People staring, watching me
Like the FBI and the Eye in the sky
They're expecting me to fall on my face
Give up on my dreams and throw them away
Wife don't love me, baby's hungry, when I look inside, I'm not free
They may never see things clear
But, I am screaming my way out of here

I'm Feeling California tonight
Cause South Dakota just wasn't right for me
And Minnesota's much too cold
And Santa Fe was too damn old for me
That's why I'm here

I'm Feeling California tonight
Cause South Dakota just wasn't right for me
And Minnesota's much too cold
And Santa Fe was too damn old for me
And that's why I'm here

That's why I'm here
That's why I'm here
That's why I'm here
That's why I'm here
That's why I'm he