Verse 1:
You my '89 special
Face ‘Swift' but your tee says ‘metal', look
Ever since I made back page of the Herald, Girl
I been on the run, I ain't ever quite settled
Can you tell me when the Wolves started wearing all the sheep skins?
Auto cruise, still figuring the stick shift
Ain't no f**ing prodigy, I'm just a misfit
Broke down palace, can you tell us what the fix is?
Pre-Chorus:
Let me send the cash in the mail
And find the cheapest sports car you can drive
I work a 9-5 retail
But still I chose more than a suit and tie
Too poor for this American Apparel
Getting tied up just to watch it all unravel
Ain't a thing on when there's 57 channels
Got me saying next time that we travel
Chorus:
We can get to California
Sun shining on the water
I just hope you understand, that I gotta take a chance
I'll be gone a little longer
And this life's a roller coaster
So every day we getting older
I'm looking at this Polaroid, all I'm hearing is your voice
Saying that I'm waiting for ya
Verse 2:
You ain't even scratched the surface
Young Kirsten, suicide virgin
Wait, thats the wrong way around but its perfect
I'm learning, all my biggest fears are suburban
Money come, money go, money worthless
Splurging, thats the institute that they worship
I'm swerving, on our joyride in something German
Searching, for our own selves better version
I'm on my magic ship like a Persian
Dancing with the snakes, pull an ace out from her Birkin
I'm backstage, sitting with a hit of bourbon
Feeling run down like the rooms I rehearsed in
Riding round the valley up in third gear
A different place, you know I was never birthed here
Everybody on the run from their worst fear
Meanwhile, you're on speed dial for that first ring
Pre-Chorus:
Let me send the cash in the mail
And find the cheapest sports car you can drive
I work a 9-5 retail
But still I chose more than a suit and tie
Too poor for this American Apparel
Getting tied up just to watch it all unravel
Ain't a thing on when there's 57 channels
Got me saying next time that we travel
Chorus:
We can get to California
Sun shining on the water
I just hope you understand, that I gotta take a chance
I'll be gone a little longer
And this life's a roller coaster
So every day we getting older
I'm looking at this Polaroid, all I'm hearing is your voice
Saying that I'm waiting for ya
Bridge:
She got hand me down tees but they're full price
Tangerine Dreams from the pool side
I'm the furtherest thing from these cool guys
Her Rose tints, staring at the palms in the moon light
So meet me in the lobby of the hotel
I ain't used to friends on my coat tails
And I'm a fool that stayed hungry
For a sign just to see what I'm becoming
Chorus:
We can get to California
Sun shining on the water
I just hope you understand, that I gotta take a chance
I'll be gone a little longer
And this life's a roller coaster
So every day we getting older
I'm looking at this Polaroid, all I'm hearing is your voice
Saying that I'm waiting for ya