Californ-I-A so it seems  Life isn't what it appears to be  People live in boxes outside my door  Can't get no relief  Throw it all away  Sadly beautiful and all shut down  Down on their luck and down on themselves  Halfway around the world, no looking back  Yesterdays are just that  Don't beat yourself up  Don't take it so hard  Takin' the punches  When they're coming for you  The bruises begin to show through  Genius of crack  Appears to be  Living in the 21st century  Babys sick of a sugar fix  Can't get no relief  Throw it all away  Sadly beautiful and all shut down  Down on their luck and down on themselves  Halfway around the world, no looking back  Yesterdays are just that  Don't beat yourself up  Don't take it so hard  Takin' the punches  When they're coming for you  The bruises begin to show through  They begin to show through  Fallin' out of love  Is so easy to do  Forget about me and  I'll forget about you  Bruises begin to show through  They begin to show  Forget-me-nots from all the friends you lost  Never think about the cost  All the saviors that you lost  Comes a time in your life when you hold a dream  Well I know that much is true  Believe in me  And I'll believe in you  Or maybe I'll be leaving soon  (Repeat Chorus)