Lyrics

This is how it always starts
A couple of minor chords
Throw in a B7 to feel like home
Another melancholy Monday
Called in sick to work again
To stay in and feel blue

Living in a Sunshine State
Wasting all my days
Working a steady job
I moved out here when I turned 21
To lay around in the sun
Now I'm wondering what went wrong

They tell me "why don't you write us some happy songs?
Something we can dance and sing along to
Why you always be so sad?
You got an apartment by the sea
And a little bit of free time
To make your way"
Oh but that ain't enough for me
I want to shake this life until my dying day

I stay up late late night
Held still by the TV light
Darkening my mind
Used to go down to the beach every weekend
Now I couldn't tell you when
I last saw the shore
"Oh how the world still dearly loves a cage"
Isn't that what Maude said?
Isn't that what she said

Living in a sunshine state
Wasting all my days
Working a steady job
I move out here when I turned 21
To lay around in the hot summer sun
Tell me
Baby please
Where did I go wrong