Midnight, stars are shining on Highway 53 And the Chi-town skyline is waving goodbye to me She's waving goodbye to what I used to be Headlights are paving the way to where I gotta' go I'm leaving behind everything I used to know With a song in my head that we've all heard before It goes California California, here I am Daylight rising up on the city of boulevards I can feel it pounding in this here broken heart The song I've always known from the very start And it goes California California California, here I am Ohhhhhhh, midnight. Stars are shining on Highway 53 And the Chi-town skyline is waving goodbye to me She's waving goodbye to what I used to be Oh I can see her waving goodbye And I can still see her waving goodbye to me Goodbye California California. California, well here I am