I could see from your eyes and your perfect ASS
you were a half-bred, laid-back hapa lad
too bad your town SUCKS and is racist too
i could tell from the anger that your stories are true

it's funny how everything gets turned around
my feet are in the clouds and my head's on the ground
underneath your theme parks and your shopping malls
the devil's in the details in suburban HELL

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i'm never going back to orange county
i can't believe it's even part of this country
i'm sorry if it means i'll never see you again
but i'm never going back to orange county

there's spires and there's crosses filling up the sky
but look a little lower where the light can't disguise
the division's even deeper than the san andreas fault
between middle class ideals and middle class resolve

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so i'm saying goodbye to orange county
i know it's like this all across the country
i'm sorry if it looks like it'll never change
when you're trying to grow up in orange county