[Intro]
California looks good on ya
But it made a mess of me
All my friends are doing drugs to
Drown out their anxiety

[Chorus]
California looks good on ya
But it made a mess of me
All my friends are doing drugs to
Drown out their anxiety
I don't wanna make all the same mistakes
And it's such a tragedy
California looks good on ya
But it made a mess of me

[Verse]
All the lights seem to love you
And where you go, they all move
When the cameras are on you, I'm in the corner
Cloud in a bright room
And I don't wanna throw you
Be the angel of bad news
But I'm watching you shining, meanwhile, I'm dying
Damn, what did I do?
[Pre-Chorus]
And I wish that I hated you
It would help with these regrets (Yeah)
I was so scared of losing you
So I lost myself instead, yeah
I'm running out of space
God, I hate this place now

[Chorus]
California looks good on ya
But it made a mess of me (A mess of me)
All my friends are doing drugs to
Drown out their anxiety (Anxiety)
I don't wanna make all the same mistakes
And it's such a tragedy
California looks good on ya
But it made a mess of me (A mess of me)

[Bridge]
Feeling uptight, feeling let down (Let down)
Got no place to go (No place to go)
I'm worn out from the runaround (Runaround)
All I had left was you
And I don't wanna wait no more
It's been getting harder to pretend (Harder to pretend)
I don't wanna chase you anymore
'Cause I can't waste my time again
[Chorus]
California looks good on ya
But it made a mess of me (Yeah)
All my friends are doing drugs to
Drown out their anxiety
I don't wanna make all the same mistakes
And it's such a tragedy (Oh)
California looks good on ya
But it made a mess of me (A mess of me, a mess of me)