CANDY CALLED ME

Candy called me
Just the other day
She's out in California
And she said she might stay

She has a boyfriend from the hill country
He's rough as a bone
He can’t keep his hands off her
No he can't leave that girl alone 

Out in California
The kingdom has surely come
Her prophets stand grinning
And as naked as the sun

I tasted freedom
And I saw that it was good
So I got the hell out of there
Like any sane man would 

Out in California
The revolution has begun
We watched the full moon rising
From the blunt end of a gun

And smoke drifts through the valley
Cinders in waves  
Roll down the freeway
To the churches where Jesus Saves 

Out in California
In the bleach-bone barren rock
The prophet's ghost lies sleeping
Watched over by a bird that talks

And they say that I am guilty
But I am not to blame
And though it was an inside job
I swear that I was framed

Out in California
Where it never ends
I’d like to make a brand new start
Maybe make amends

But if I saw Candy
Would I know her today
And even if I did
Well what could I possibly say?