california girls by Paul Yoon

Parking lot daydream
Slow on the breeze

Feet on the dashboard
Shoes in the back seat

Radio static, caught in the beat

She's got that golden glow
Lost in the heat


Talkin' 'bout nothin', but it feels like the world

Spinnin' so easy when it's just me and her

California girls just wanna have fun

In her thrift-store shades and our July sun

Runnin' down sidewalks like she's chasin' the sky

Never mind the hour, just passin' the time


Polaroid taped to the mirror she keeps

Shines in the rearview
She dreams half asleep

Lemon in her water, salt in her hair

She says, "forever feels lighter when you just don't care"

Window rolled down and she sings outta key

Somehow it's perfect, it's exactly what I need (it's exactly what I need)


California girls just wanna have fun

Burn a little daylight, stay on the run

Dancing through summers like it's endin' too fast

But we hold on tight, and we hope that it lasts


She don't plan, she don't wait

Leaves her heart in every state

She's all here, when she stays

For a minute, for a day


She don't plan, she don't wait

Leaves her heart in every state

She's all here, when she stays

For a minute, for a day (for a moment for a day)

California girls just wanna be free

Chasin' down those moments like waves in the sea

Laughin' like maybe she's already won

Just bein' alive in that wide open sun

• Alternative
• alternative
• folk
• indie
• sadcore
• singer-songwriter
• San Diego