John Mayer – Queen of California Lyrics

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Goodbye cold
Goodbye rain
Goodbye sorrow
Goodbye shame

I'm headed out west with my headphones on
Holdin' a flat with a song in the back of my soul
That no one knows

[Hook]
I just found out a ghost left town
And the queen of California is a-steppin' down, down

Hello beauty
Hello stray
Hello wonder
What's your name?

Lookin' for the song that Neil Young hummed
After The Gold Rush of 1971

[Hook]

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 waitin' on me
To set me free

[Hook]
About Queen of California

John Mayer displaying his Western influences here, referencing Neil Young’s After The Gold Rush (Young was referring to the California Gold Rush) and Joni Mitchell’s Blue (a classic album recorded in LA).

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