[Intro]
         
         

[Verse 1]
             
I've been sear

      
ching my mind
            
I need a place

           
 to hide, it g

           
ets so hard to

 
 find
             
I've been sear

      
ching my dream

s
            
Faces look so 

          
strange, all t

            
he rooms have 


changed

[Chorus]
          
California, yo

           
u run so far a

way
          
California, th

            
is time, you'r

        
e gonna stay

[Solo]
         

[Verse 1]
             
I've been sear

      
ching my life
            
Somewhere in t

          
he past, nothi

      
ng ever lasts
             
I've been sear

      
ching your eye

s
          
It's so hard t

            
o breathe in y

   
our eternity

[Chorus]
          
California, yo

           
u run so far a

way
          
California, th

            
is time, you'r

        
e gonna stay
            
With me for a 

       
little while
           
I wanna see th

   
at smile again

[Chorus]
          
California, yo

           
u run so far a

way
          
California, th

            
is time, I'm g

     
onna stay

[Outro]