Lately I've been low

Things been moving slow

Could not tell you why

Maybe too much paradise

Something came calling

And I knew this time I had to go

California

I don't even know you

And you've taken me away from home

Old magnolia

I'll never get over you

Feeling's running straight to my bones

Someday I'll be coming home

Someday I'll be coming home

With a cast iron soul

It was a winding mountain road

Where the sun shines and the air is cold

Another tired town

Where them old folks hang around

They look me in the eye

And try to pass me down what they know

California

I don't even know you

And you've taken me away from home

Old magnolia

I'll never get over you

Feeling's running straight to my bones

Someday I'll be coming home

Someday I'll be coming home

With a cast iron soul

I can see the water

I can taste the sea

Keep on moving farther

From where I need to be

California

I don't even know you

And you've taken me away from home

Old magnolia

I'll never get over you

Feeling's running straight to my bones

Someday I'll be coming home

Someday I'll be coming home

With a cast iron soul