[00:05.116]Someday they’re going to write about us,
[00:07.792]Living here in the shadow of this gathering dust,
[00:10.818]As the waves build up and drown the light,
[00:13.707]While we’re hanging from buildings on a Saturday night.
[00:17.504]And the words she said
[00:19.004]I could barely hear over the blare of the speakers and the smell of beer,
[00:23.638]As she got up to speak, she lifted her dress.
[00:26.791]I remember her face but I forget the rest.
[00:31.408]Here in California, I was
[00:37.511]Just a name and a number, a face on a tumblr.
[00:43.996]Here in California, we’re all stuck in the same scene,
[00:53.636]All nightmares and daydreams
[00:57.907]In California.
[01:04.447]She said, “I got money, but I got no friends, ”
[01:07.347]As we drove through the valley in her daddy’s Benz.
[01:10.528]She said, “These pills wear off, but the pain don’t end.
[01:13.610]I never thought it would matter so much to pretend.”
[01:18.393]And the thing about her that haunts me still
[01:21.571]As her hands fell down to the steering wheel,
[01:24.812]And a shock of light fell across her face,
[01:27.943]She said there’s only two ways out of this place.
[01:32.557]Here in California, I was
[01:38.452]Just a name and a number, a face on a tumblr.
[01:45.137]Here in California, we’re all stuck in the same scene,
[01:54.930]All nightmares and daydreams
[01:59.030]In California.
[02:05.875]And oh, I hope it’s clear
[02:11.851]There’s no room for us anymore in the atmosphere,
[02:19.293]But darling I always liked the desperation in your eyes,
[02:25.038]The way you’d dance in the glow of the Hollywood Freeway lights.
[02:31.903]Someday they’re gonna forget about us
[02:34.828]And we’ll wonder if we were ever good enough.
[02:38.132]It hit me last night, in this song I heard,
[02:41.125]I remember the feeling but forget all the words.
[02:47.073]Here in California, I was
[02:53.324]Just a name and a number, a face on a tumblr.
[03:00.185]Here in California, we’re all stuck in the same scene,
[03:10.034]All nightmares and daydreams
[03:13.924]In California.
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