California (The Way I Say I Love You)

Album: Generation Rx (2018)
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  • Does the sun shine on you everyday
    Wherever you are
    Remember California, the things that we'd say
    How special you are
    And when you're sad, sad, sad does anyone listen?
    Do you feel like a diamond?
    I hope you feel like a million

    Just forget the ones who let you go
    Forget the ones too scared to know you

    I'll be waiting here
    To show you how to come back home
    Some things never change
    Like the way I say "I love you"
    And even when you still need time to grow
    If that's the only way you'll know
    That some things never change
    Like the way I say "I love you"

    I hope it's summertime wherever you are
    You're under the stars
    Don't forget California
    She's always there waiting for you
    And when it gets bad, bad, bad
    When life just gets so heavy
    Remember that you're happy
    Don't forget to take it easy

    And forget the ones who let you go
    Forget those ones, yeah they don't know you

    I'll be waiting here
    To show you how to come back home
    Some things never change
    Like the way I say "I love you"
    And even when you still need time to grow
    If that's the only way you'll know
    That some things never change
    Like the way I say "I love you"

    And I watch you come and go
    Yeah, these changing tides are all
    I've ever really known, I've told you
    And you run through lives unknown
    But one thing you can always count on, I will always love you
    I'll spend my lifetime trying to show you

    I'll be waiting here
    To show you how to come back home
    Some things never change
    Like the way I say "I love you"
    And even when you still need time to grow
    If that's the only way you'll know
    That some things never change
    Like the way I say "I love you"

    Right through these unknown moments
    Life's tides come and go
    Right through these unknown moments
    Life's tides come and go Writer/s: Benji Madden, Joel Madden, Zakk Cervini
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., RED BULL MEDIA HOUSE NA, INC., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Wahana Musik Indonesia (WAMI)
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