CALIFORNIA

Watching reruns of that show you liked
It never made sense to me
Change the channel just to find it twice
Hey at least the cable’s free

Smoking cigarettes because
They’re bad for me
Drink the water like it’s whiskey
If I sit here long enough maybe
I will find an open door or a buried key

I always had a sadness
That I could not explain
But I was never cool enough
To wear it like a name
I live in California 'cause I don’t like the rain
And when it’s always summer
You don’t have to change

When you shatter expectations
You think you’ve shattered consequence
All you want is an explanation so you
You toe a line and you draw a fence

I always had a sadness
That I could not explain
But I was never cool enough
To wear it like a name
I live in California 'cause I don’t like the rain
And when it’s always summer
You don’t have to change
Oh no you don’t have to change

And it might be hard to tell
But I did try to give 'em hell

I always had a sadness
That I could not explain
But I was never cool enough
To wear it like a name
I live in California 'cause I don’t like the rain
And when it’s always summer

I always had a sadness
That I could not explain
But I was never cool enough
To wear it like a name
I live in California 'cause I don’t like the rain
And when it’s always summer
You don’t have to change oh
No you don’t have to change oh

Lyrics & Music by Hannah Lee
© 2021 Hannah Lee