If it all was a dream, then it was worth the memories
If I don't make it out alive, then know that this got the best of me
My knuckles are white, but I can't get a grip
If there's still hearts on the line,
I'll make all the words
Fit from the roof of this house,
I watch the sun go down
On the time that I've cursed since I turned 16
A set of keys, I was california dreamin'
Drive just drive

And I've been saying that I changed my ways
Disharmony seems to be my favorite word lately
And love had it's hand up, but I pushed it away
And I'll tear myself from the words I didn't say
And all the things I said I wouldn't do
I'm done when things get hard,
All I think to do is run
But all I want is something to call my own

I let my heart, woah, get the best of me this time
I lost myself and all that matter most to me
But one thing doesn't make a man
But one thing doesn't make a man

I can't believe all the things that I've seen
I was moving so fast, forgot to take it all in
It's the sad times and tears, and being alone
That makes you think of the times that matter most
And now it's five years later, and I'm still all alone
My pulses sing to her clap?
Girl, a dime in a payphone
And now I'm feeling all the pain that I've caused
Behind this broke down urinal in the back of this bar

So this is california, the sun still sets the exact same way as back home
On that rooftop, the sun still sets the same

I let my heart, woah, get the best of me this time
I lost myself and all that matter most to me
But one thing doesn't make a man
But one thing doesn't make a man

The lies I told, the hearts I broke
The things I had, I never told
The tip of my tongue, fingertips
Turns at every word I must have missed
Forgot to mention when I lived back home
And now I'm going back to the only thing I ever knew

Woah, oh get the best of me this time
I lost myself and all that matter most to me
But one thing doesn't make a man
I let my heart, woah, get the best of me this time
I lost myself and all that matter most to me
But one thing doesn't make a man
But one thing doesn't make a man