So at last Southern California   Sun sets like a long goodbye   I've been dreaming about it for days   But I don't ask why      I can feel it in my bones   I'm a careless season it started just the other day   And what'd you expect   That just for no reason I packed it in and drove away   Now I don't mean to pin this one on you, darlin'   It's time I found something good   When it comes right down   You're just one of many people that never really understood      So at last Southern California   Sun sets like a long goodbye   I've been dreaming about it for days   but I don't ask why      As I drove into a city painted on the desert   With everything 10 miles high   Hard to believe that nobody will see what I see   Through my blood shot eyes   Now I don't mean to sound so young and naive   But I think we've found something good,   And now I can feel me leaving who I used to be   As we're driving into Hollywood      So at last Southern California   Sun sets like a long goodbye   I've been dreaming about it for days   But I don't ask why   So at last Southern California   Sun sets like a long goodbye   I've been dreaming about it for days   And now I know why      I can feel it in my bones   I'm a careless season, it started when I woke today   And now that I'm here   It's all so very clear   The reason that I drove away   Now I don't mean to call so early now, darlin'   But the waves just feel so good   And I'll always come around   And watch the sun go down   Just like you knew I would      So at last southern California   Sun sets like a long goodbye   I've been dreaming about it for days   But I don't ask why   So at last Southern California   Sun sets like a long goodbye   I've been dreaming about it for days   And now I know why