I graduated with 86 sheep, I was the black one If there was a reputation to be had in this town, I had the bad one I was born in the wrong place in the wrong time But sometimes the wrong way makes you the right kind I was all in a hurry And if I got past that one stop light, I could get a head start on anything that hurt me Anywhere I go don't feel like it was that good or bad I don't know if I'm running away, I don't know if I'm running toward ya I guess that's what you get when you're born and stuck in California California, Missouri I just really hoped one day that you were gonna love me I was Californian trainman from the middle of the country I look for you in the best of them, in every face and city skyline I got out of your way, but did you get out of mine? I was all in a hurry And if I got past that one stop light, I could get a head start on anything that hurt me Anywhere I go don't feel like it was that good or bad I don't know if I'm running away, I don't know if I'm running toward ya I guess that's what you get when you're born and stuck in California California, Missouri Ain't no shining lights or palm trees There's more stars in the sky than stars in the street It's bittersweet, it's bittersweet, it's bittersweet There's too many ghosts, too many memories I was all in a hurry And if I got past that one stop light, nothing could hurt me Anywhere I go don't feel like it was that good or bad I don't know if I'm running away, I don't know if I'm running toward ya I guess that's what you get when you're born and stuck in California California, Missouri Are you proud, are you proud of me? California, Missouri