She thinks I'm much too thin
She asks me if I'm sick
What's a girl to do

With friends like this
She lets me drive her car
So I can score an eighth

From the lesbians
Out west in Venice


Oh, California in the Summer
Ah, and my hair is growing long
$#&@ yeah, we can live like this


But if you left it up to me
Everyday would be

A holiday from real
We'd waste our weeks
Beneath the sun

We'd fry our brains
And say it's so much fun out here
But when it's all over

I'll come back for another year

I'll look for work today

I'm spilling out the door
Put my glasses on
So no one sees me

I never thought that
I'd be living on your floor
But the rents are high

And LA's easy

Oh, it's a picture of perfection

Ah, and the postcards gonna read
"$#&@ yeah we can live like this...
We can live like this"


But if you left it up to me
Everyday would be

A holiday from real
We'd waste our weeks
Beneath the sun

We'd fry our brains
And write it's so much fun out here


Hey Madeline (hey Madeline)
You sure look fine (you sure look fine)
You wore my favorite sweater

Being poor was never better
A safety buzz (A safety buzz)
Some cheap red wine (Some cheap red wine)

Oh, the trouble we can get in
So let's screw this one up right


But if you left it up to me
Everyday would be
A holiday from real

We'd waste our weeks
Beneath the sun
We'd lie and tell our friends

It's so much fun out here
But when it's all over
I'll come back for another year


When it's all over
I'll come back for another

When it's all over
I'll come back for another year