I don′t live in California

I'll inform you that′s not where I reside

I'm just a tenantPayin' rent inside this body and I

Got two windows and those windows

Well, I call them my eyes

I′m just goin′ where the wind blows

I don't get to decide

Sometimes I think too much

Yeah, I get so caught up

I′m always stuck in my head

I wish I could escape

I tried to yesterday

Took all the sheets of my bed

Then I tied up my linen with five strips of ribbon I found

Scaled the side of the buildin', I ran to the hills ′til they found me

And they put me back in my cell, all by myself

Alone with my thoughts again

Guess my mind is a prison, and I'm never gonna get out

So they tranquilized me analyzed me

Threw me back in my cage

Then they tied me to an IV

Told me I was insane

I′m a prisoner a visitor inside of my brain

And no matter what I do

They try to keep me in chains

Sometimes I think too much

Yeah, I get so caught up

I'm always stuck in my head

I wish I could escape

I tried to yesterday

Took all the sheets of my bed

Then I tied up my linen with five strips of ribbon I found

Scaled the side of the buildin', I ran to the hills ′til they found me

And they put me back in my cell, all by myself

Alone with my thoughts again

Guess my mind is a prison, and I′m never gonna get out

Said even if it's true

No matter what I do

I′m never gonna escape

I won't give up on hope

Secure another rope

And try for another day

Said even if it′s true

No matter what I do

I'm never gonna escape

I won′t give up on hope

Secure another rope

And try for another day

Then I tied up my linen with five strips of ribbon I found

Scaled the side of the buildin', I ran to the hills 'til they found me

And they put me back in my cell, all by myself

Alone with my thoughts again

Guess my mind is a prison, and I′m never gonna get out