[Verse 1] I left my pride in San Francisco man that scene was so demented So I set out for the east coast Thinkin' I'd get re-invented Found a job in the Big Apple Ooh! Was I excited! But New York City was a party to which I was not invited [Verse 2] So I went back to my home town I was feelin' so dejected with my tail between my legs but hopin' I'd get reconnected Find a girl I know from high school Ooh! Get reunited! But my hometown was a party to which I was not invited [Verse 3] I had worn out all my welcomes And had gotten so much older And had taken much more lickin's than a single man should shoulder So I went back to California Ooh! They'd be delighted! But California was a party to which I was not invited [Verse 4] Now I languish in a forest Scrapin' by hardly complacent lumpin' sacks and diggin' ditches for the cultured nonadjacent Well I didn't see this coming Ooh! Was I short sighted! Cause the world is just a party to which I was not invited
