I dream about that Californian sun
While watching all the cars roll by out on Route 1
While my boss just grins and says "You know, there's much work to be done."
While I dream about that Californian sun
You're the only girl I know that's worth the wait.
While my friends all gather round and try to set me straight.
But it takes all I have in me not to jump on the interstate,
Cause you're the only girl I know tha's worth the wait.
If the Earth still shakes and the storm won't break
And your heart feels like a canyon
Then I'll try to give it every ounce that it takes
Even though I ain't a man yet.
Sometimes I think I'll catch a flight next Sunday
Before I stop to wonder where I'll get that kind of money,
But there's nothing more American than a dream that just ain't coming,
So I still think that I'll catch a flight next Sunday.
You told me that you feel all alone.
I tell you that I feel the same through my dead, cracked phone.
So is it worse to feel that way when you're 3,000 miles from home,
Or to be right there and still feel all alone.
If the Earth still shakes and the storm won't break
And your heart feels like a canyon
Then I'll try to give it every ounce that it takes
Even though I ain't a man yet.
My friend said if it's really meant to be,
It'll happen when the time is right, that's destiny,
What if the time is never right, and life slides by so carelessly,
And you're just the one that got away from me?
I guess that I would rather try and fail
Than wonder about a ship that never quite set sail,
So put that white flag away and don't you run and turn your tail,
'Cause for you, girl, I'd rather try and fail.
If the Earth still shakes and the storm won't break
And your heart feels like a canyon
Then I'll try to give it every ounce that it takes
Even though I ain't a man yet.
Even though I ain't a man yet.