Goodbye cold Goodbye rain Goodbye sorrow And goodbye shame I'm headin' out west with my headphones on Boarding a flight with a song in the back of my soul That no one knows I just found out her ghost left town The Queen of California is a-steppin' down, down Hello beauty Hello strange Hello wonder What's your name Looking for the sun that Neil Young hung After the gold rush of 1971 I just found out her ghost left town The Queen of California is a-steppin' down, down If you see her Say hello Just don't tell me I told you so Joni wrote 'Blue' in a house by the sea I gotta believe there's another color waiting on me To set me free I just found out her ghost left town The Queen of California is a-steppin' down, down, down Get down