Out here in california

and she said
i like the way it is oh
out here in california
some day i'll
find my way
think twice and let it sink in
like a note with a photograph

that makes you wanna stay

who would've guessed that a poet and a
jewel
would end up a liar and a tool
no one's expecting much at all
and
i
need to be alone
with words that you will never know inside
she's
burning

and farther down
keep spinning in circles
so kiss me now
and i
will tell you

and i break
at the sound of the morning
the sound's so
alarming to hear
maybe life is not so bad
in another time would you still
call my name
cause i can't hear you

i can't stop
holding your grudge
now
its what i'm not
part of your falling out
all this time
we settle for
less