California dreamer 
Tell me why did you go? 
I carved your ever fading figure 
Into the ever dying snow 

I'll be around 
I'll be around 
I'll be around 
Like a teenager in town 
Where all the other young lovers are found 

And I think I mighta heard you on the radio 
But the radio waves were like snow 

And you were dreaming of Los Angeles 
While I was singing songs you wrote 
You quietly gave away the winter clothes I made for you 
While I made angels in the snow 

I would have left if you just asked me to 
Or come to me before the preacher 
Now you're surviving 

And I thought I mighta heard you on the radio 
But the radio waves were like snow 
And I thought I mighta heard you on the radio 
But the radio waves were like snow 

Do the young stay pretty? 
Do the pretty stay quick? 
You know, but you never surrender 
The city doesn't belong to you anymore 
California dreamer 

You dream of seasons that never die 
You go to oceans that never touch the ice 
You dream of seasons that never die 
You go to oceans that never touch the ice 
You dream of seasons that never die 
You go to oceans that never touch the ice 

I surrender, the city to slender 
Creature's getting younger and younger 

And I think I mighta heard you on the radio 
But the radio waves were like snow 
And I think I mighta heard you on the radio 
But the radio waves were like snow 

Do the young stay pretty? 
Do the pretty stay quick? 
You know, but you never surrender 
The city doesn't belong to you anymore 
California dreamer 

I'll be around 
I'll be around 
I'll be around 
Like a teenager in town 
With all the other young lovers, their mothers have been found 
California dreamer