Jersey/california Life

it's there where i had left you

and it's then you should have known the reasons why

a phrase that held the miles from decisions

and you never called to stop it from goodbye

and after my car was packed and these maps were spread like paint out on the dashboard

you never thought to call me

i'm driving the world tonight with your face on my mind

all exempt from feeling anything at all

anything at all

it's there where i had known you

and i would live to breathe and think that you're okay

a world that held the life from your decision

to giving up and wanting me to stay

and after the sun came up and let california take it's breath for nothing

my phone was never ringing to tell me not to leave

i picture your face tonight with your hair in yours eyes

all exempt from feeling anything at all

and the months went by like years i didn't see you

i faked a smile bearing gifts of little hope

this christmas will be my last time home

i still think of you every time it snows

let the sunshine while your hair dries

it's my jersey/california life that i live somewhere inside

from the valley where my heart beats

in the nights we grow to feel alive

i'm annulling our goodbyes