Goodbye cold, goodbye rain
Goodbye sorrow, goodbye shame
I'm headin' out west with my headphones on
I'm boarding a flight with a song in the back of my soul

I just found out her ghost left town
The Queen of California is stepping down, down

Hello beauty, hello strange
Hello wonder, what's your name?
Looking for the sun that Neil Young hung
After the Gold Rush in 1971

I just found out her ghost left town
The Queen of California is stepping down, down

And if you see her, say, "Hello"
Just don't tell me, "I told you so"
Joni wrote "Blue" in her house by the sea
I gotta believe there's another color waiting on me

I just found out her ghost left town
The Queen of California is stepping down, down
Down, down...