[Verse 1]
Carousels on the pier
When things were easier
A child's smile, by red eyes
Thought it was being in love
Singing ooh-oh-oh ooh-oh-oh
You pulled me in with your paradise
Singing ooh-oh-oh ooh-oh-oh
What I would do to feel alive

[Chorus]
California, how I hate to love you
Can't get sober, I'd do anything for you
It's a good dream until I wake up
Think we can make it baby, you're my California

[Verse 2]
Beautiful silicone
Too good to be for real
Ride or die, keep me high
Or just enough to feel
Singing ooh-oh-oh ooh-oh-oh
You pulled me in with your paradise
Singing ooh-oh-oh ooh-oh-oh
What I would do to feel alive

[Chorus]
California, how I hate to love you
Can't get sober, I'd do anything for you
It's a good dream until I wake up
Think we can make it baby, you're my California

California, how I hate to love you
Can't get sober, I'd do anything for you
It's a good dream until I wake up
If we can make it baby you're my California