I?m pre-meditating crime of a personal kind   I?m about to go out of my mind   I?m just about sick to death of taking breath   And walking this line of mine      Now, folks that know what?s good for them   Are good at ignoring them   But I just can?t put these thoughts down   I?m harrowed and abused and broken and pursued   By this notion that follows me around      My heart is hurting, my spirit?s burdened   I feel like a liar and a thief   For taking air, for being here   Unwanted, I look for my final release      Goodbye, goodbye, California   Goodbye and I?ll be moving on   I sang you my songs, I know I?m wrong   Fare thee well and I?ll be moving on      When I?m dead and gone   My immortal home will hold me in its bosom   Safe and cold, no more desires   Will light their fires or disturb my immaculate calm      And the birds of the air and the beasts of the soil   And the fishes of the desperate seas   Will know who I am and our substance will expand   As part of everything      As part of everything, my God   As part of everything and the clouds will roll   And the wind will blow and the beautiful birds will sing      Goodbye, goodbye, California   Goodbye to your waving trees   To you succulent wind and all my friends   Fare thee well, goodbye, so be it   Amen   Amen