if i knew where to look    to find happiness    well id gather my things    and id build a house next to it    paint all the walls    in a shade of blue gray    to resemble the feelings    that shadow me everyday       [chorus]    as we drive the sky gets darker    every single mile marker    is a stake in my heart    as they tear us apart    theres a streetlight thats still burning    unsure when ill be returning    and i made a mistake    ive been riding the brakes    for 15 hundred miles       shes sweet when it rains    and soft when we sleep    her names califronia    and we have got chemistry    fusing our hearts    for sunsets til dead    streets where we'd hang out    too cool as if four in the am    then pass out with our clothes on    beneath the piers and boardwalks    and wake up to the waves    and wake up to the waves       [chorus]       if there was something i could say    id write it in sand tide came and washes it away    if there was something i could do    im writing this song to remember i cant forget    writing this song cause i wish that i never left    writing this song cause it tears       [chorus]       for 15 hundred miles