INTRO: In the late great Golden State It's getting hard to negotiate When you're one slip from a grim fate In the late great Golden State INTRO In the late great Golden State I don't do much but I'm always late Now I ain't old, I'm just out of date In the late great Golden State BRIDGE: I caught one last glimpse of the palimino When I drove out west to see the purple sage Then as the, the canyons burned and the, the mountains crumbled The last cowboy band left the stage Now I ain't old, I'm just out of date In the late great Golden State INTRO BRIDGE Yeah the late great Golden State Is a nice place for a clean slate But leave your expectations at the gate Of the late great Golden State 'Cause they can pack you up and send you home in a crate Stamped the late great Golden State Yeah it's the late great Golden State INTRO out