Counting billboard signs And girls in Jesus chic The deserted minds Still I feel like the freak Who can do no right If I'm sinking into sand Drive a thousand miles To get away Here I go… Open road… Radio playing "California Girls" But I'm not even close To the way I want to Fit in to my skin Let me in… Well I hit the shift with Reno on my mind The morning chill and daffodil High desert does me right Then the day sets in And I'm in LA again And I got no time to lay around Here I go… Open road… Radio playing "California Girls" But I'm not even close To the way I want to Fit into my skin Let me in… Find a nick name and I try it on for size Hitting shitty towns along the 405 To get away, change my name But I'm still the same Here I go… Open road… Radio playing "California Girls" But I'm not even close To the way I wanna fit On your list Of what went wrong Now it's time to move along Dirty knees Seventeen was a long, long time It won't come back again Let me in