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Don't know what I was looking for

when I went home, I found me alone

And sometimes I need someone to say

"You'll be all right. What's on your mind?"

But the water's shallow here

and I am full of fear,

and empty handed after two long years

Another sunny day in Californ-i-a

I'm sure back home, they'd love to see it

But they don't know

that what you love is ripped away

Before you get a chance to feel it

Back home, I always thought

I wanted so much more,

now I'm not too sure

Cause sometimes I miss knowing

someone's there for me and feeling free

Free to stand beside

the ocean in moonlight

And light myself a smoke

beneath the dark Atlantic sky

Another sunny day in Californ-i-a

I'm sure back home, they'd love to see it

But they don't know

that what you love is ripped away

Before you get a chance to feel it

Everybody here is living life in fear

of falling out of line

Tearing lives apart and breaking lots of hearts just to pass the time

And the eyes get red in the back of your head, this place will make you blind

Put it all behind me and I'll be just fine

Another sunny day beneath this cloudless sky

Sometimes I wish that it would rain here

And wash away the west coast

dreaming from my eyes

There's nothing real for them to see here

Another sunny day in Californ-i-a

I'm sure back home, they'd love to see it

But they don't know

that what you love is ripped away

Before you get a chance to feel it