California - Something For Kate
I'm all chalked out on the ground
by the curtain call.
All of the sharp observations
are a paper trail forty stories tall,
Where any conclusions might slip
through my fingers.
As I'm listening to the story
she's telling now...
It's a beautiful life,
It's a beautiful lie.
When it's late
she's still talking about California.
Where the distance from the myth
has never been greater.
From the sea to the boulevard stretching
her arms to the desert.
It's a beautiful life,
Such a beautiful lie...
It's a beautiful life,
But she's leading me one step behind
With a promise one day we'll arrive
And if she ever runs out of California,
She's always got,
she's always got last summer
In a state of mind
with occasional tremors
It's a beautiful life
Under restless and fluroescent skies
She's all coloured all into the lines,
lines, lines, lines, lines...
It's a beautiful life
And she's leading me one step behind
With a promise one day we'll arrive,
one day we'll arrive,
one day we'll arrive...
When I get there I...
When I get there I...
I'm always one step behind...