Bright star in a sky of darkness Taking heat where the arts are heartless Trying to keep track where the shark is At your front door And the waves roll in like diamonds And the horns blare at the silence And you wonder in this violence What you live here for White the palm trees in the sun Black tar on the 101 Man I was born here California's in my blood And the road goes on for miles And the crimson skyline smiles And I got the feeling That the best is yet to come And the wind sweeps down the highway And the gulls keep shitting my way But in time they just fly away Till then I lay low And my bills stack to the ceiling And I got this restless feeling But I just can't stop dreaming About rock and roll White the palm trees in the sun Black tar on the 101 Man I was born here California's in my blood And the road goes on for miles And the crimson skyline smiles And I got the feeling That the best is yet to come (Instrumental) White the palm trees in the sun Black tar on the 101 Man I was born here California's in my blood And I seen so many sins And the crimson skyline grins And somehow in my heart I rise again No matter where you're from Round here we live as one