Trapped in California Lyrics

I've been lying on the couch

Watching way too much TV

I've been waiting for permission just to breath

And I think I was daydreaming that you walked through my front door

But tonight this apartment will stay empty

I was thinking back to August

And that party at the University

3 AM and you still picked up your phone

And I asked you for a ride

You said 'I'm drunk' I said 'that's fine

Just take your bike, come meet me here and we'll walk home.'

Then we stopped off at the diner

You got breakfast, I got lunch

And we talked it out until the sun came up

And I wish that I'd done more than chew on ice and watch the floor

When you said this living didn't suit you much anymore

You said they kicked you off the Amtrak

Drunk and screaming in your seat

And we ain't ever hopped no freight or thumbed no ride

When I didn't hear from you, must have been about week two

I was screaming at the phone 'I thought you died'

You said they stuck you up in LA, they took your license and your shoes

And I still suspected someone done you worse

When I set down the phone I felt the distance we had grown

To this day I wonder who stopped calling first

I miss you most on nights like this

And it rained in Minneapolis all week

But I don't mind the rain tonight

Year's been so dry

I've been lying on the couch, watching way too much TV

Daydreaming of us in some midwestern state

If you could take a phone call I would fly you out tonight

We'd catch up over drinks and empty plates

We'd get sushi

We'd get pizza

We'd have pasta

We'd have pie

You wouldn't be stuck out on the west coast

And you wouldn't have had to die

Out on the streets of California, with nowhere to stay

And nothing to eat

So far away from all your friends

You could've got back on your feet

If for once I'd made an effort

If for once I would just try

You wouldn't be stuck out on the west coast

And you wouldn't have had to die

Out on the streets of California

All alone

I miss you most on nights like this

And it rained in Minneapolis all week

But I don't mind the rain tonight

Year's been so dry