In the middle of the night And it wasn't just a dream The Sunday after there was laughter in the air Everybody had a kite They were flying everywhere And all the trouble went away All the trouble went away We try and try with all our mights To light a

The falling leaves drift by the window The autumn leaves of red and gold I see your lips, the summer kisses The sun-burned hands I used to hold Since you went away the days grow long And soon I'll hear old winter's song But I miss you most of all my

She's lovin' Californ-I-a She loves the beach She loves to party everyday Pina Coladas on the sidewalk in L.A. Ever since she went away I hate California She's probably in a Bentley Showing off her new fake boobies Tryin' to break into the movies

Freeway, cars and trucks Riding with Lady Luck And now the sun's coming up I'm riding with Lady Luck Well my time went so quickly I went lickety-splickly out to my old '55 As I drove away slowly, feeling so holy God knows, I was feeling alive I'm riding

I'm on my way Home sweet home Tonight tonight Just set me free You know I'm a dreamer But my heart's of gold I had to run away high So I wouldn't come home low Just when things went right

I've died one million times now I'm buried in the pavement. Lying face down, everything went black before I even closed my eyes And you will never know what hate is To feel your insides burn away and want to end your life to numb the fucking pain So let

At the howling wind You know he got the cure You know he went astray He used to stay awake To drive the dreams he had away He wanted to believe In the hands of love His head it felt heavy As he cut across the land

You say I waste my life away, but I live it to the full And how would you know anyway, you're just mister dull Why don't you get into the things we do today You could lose twenty years right away, so we say We don't need, no, no no no parental guidance

You are a fairy-tale Don't you wanna stay? I hope that you don't run away We should run away I can hear them tapping on the ground Where do we wanna go? I know an ambush where we won't be found And so we went to the place, honey Listening to the

The falling leaves drift by the window The autumn leaves of red and gold I see your lips, the summer kisses The sun-burned hands I used to hold Since you went away the days grow long And soon I'll hear old winter's song But I miss you most of all my