The Late Great Golden State Lyrics

Lyric discussion by changog. 

Cover art for The Late Great Golden State lyrics by Dwight Yoakam

I think it is a song about not fitting in anymore. He is saying his ways and music have not changed, but California's reception to it has changed. But Dwight refuses to change to meet the new standard in California. Might be in relation to the demise of the Bakersfield sound.