'Cause sometimes I miss knowing someone's there for me and feelin' free
Before you get a chance to feel it
Free to stand beside the ocean in moonlight
But they don't know that what you love is ripped away
But they don't know that what you love is ripped away
Another sunny day in California
But the water's shallow here and I am full of fear
"You'll be all right, what's on your mind?"
Another sunny day beneath this cloudless sky
I'm sure back home they'd love to see it
Another sunny day in California
I'm sure back home they'd love to see it
And empty handed after two long years
Before you get a chance, before you get a chance to feel it
Sometimes I wish that it would rain here
Tearin' lives apart and breakin' lots of hearts just to pass the time
Back home I always thought I wanted so much more, now I'm not too sure
There's nothin' real for them to see here
And the eyes get red in the back of your head
This place will make you blind, put it all behind me and I'll be just fine
And wash away the west coast dreamin' from my eyes
I'm sure back home they'd love to see it
And light myself a smoke beneath the dark Atlantic sky
But they don't know that what you love is ripped away
Another starry night in California
Everybody here is livin' life in fear of fallin' out of line
