I was just a fresh young thing Fresh from underneath my mother's wing Heard you were where the angels roam Caught a tear in my dad's eye when I left home Put my faith in a girl from a topless bar On a clear night we lay and stare at the stars There's so much about you that I hate Got your hands around my throat so I gotta stay I was just a fresh young thing When I waved goodbye to everything Sure was great so glad to know ya Lost myself in California My sails filled with the hot air you breathe Just another number in your black seas Collect call home I'm comin' up for air Will I ever find my way back home from here One day I'll wrestle you to the ground Laugh in your face try and touch me now Tell them I'm just blowin' in your wind That's where all the answers were to have been I was just a fresh young thing When I waved goodbye to everything Sure was great so glad to know ya Lost myself in California California California, Claifornia, California California I was just a fresh young thing When I waved goodbye to everything Sure was great so glad to know ya Lost myself in California