Driven through the canyons I was   Dazzled by the mountains and we didn't go very far   Close enough to heaven if you   Climb up on a mansion you too can swing like a star   I tried to get inside I bought a   Ticket with my pride and I was gone right out of my head   I went out for a ride to go   Across a great divide but I ended up at home instead      California   I thought I should see   Now I'm back home, yeah   With twelve little pieces of me      I was just a passenger a   Rider on the tremors that were shaking all our beds at night   A visitor a stranger thought I   Might pass for a regular if I just kept out of the lights      Tore my heart out from my chest   Mixed it up in my mind with the best freshest pieces of my soul   Chose the ones I loved the most   Drove 'em all down to the coast   Threw 'em in a big black hole      California   I thought I should see   Now I'm back home, yeah   With twelve little pieces of me   California   I dreamed I would find   Some kinda sorta pick-me-up   Twelve little pieces of my mind   California   I thought I should see   Now I'm back home, yeah   With twelve little pieces of me   California   I dreamed I would find   Some kinda sorta pick-me-up   Twelve pieces of my mind