Goodbye cold, goodbye rain
Goodbye sorrow and goodbye shame
I'm headed out west with my headphones on
Boarding a flight with a song
In the back of my soul
That no one knows

I just found out her ghost left town
The queen of California is a-stepping down, down

Hello beauty, hello strange
Hello wonder, what's your name?
Looking for the sun that Neil Young hung
"After the Gold Rush" of 1971

I just found out her ghost left town
The queen of California is a-stepping down, down

If you see her, say hello
Just don't tell me, I told you so
Joni wrote "Blue" in a house by the sea
I gotta believe there's another color waiting on me
To set me free

I just found out her ghost left town
The queen of California is a-stepping down, down, down
Get down