The Lights And Buzz

Album: The Lights And Buzz (2005)
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  • I'm coming home from my hardest year
    I'm making plans not to
    Make plans while I'm here
    And this life has been no holiday
    A complicated situation
    I'm fine with all my memories
    Still I could use vacation

    It's Christmas in California
    And it's hard to ignore that
    It feels like summer all the time
    But I'll take a West Coast winter
    To remove my splinters
    It's good to be alive
    It's good to be alive

    I'm coming home
    To the lights and buzz
    Streets look the same
    Still nothing's as it was
    And this place is paradise I'm sure
    Here's my reservation
    I've gotten lost here once before
    Inside a good vibration

    It's Christmas in California
    And it's hard to ignore that
    It feels like summer all the time
    But I'll take a West Coast winter
    To remove my splinters
    It's good to be alive
    It's good to be alive
    It's good to be alive

    And time
    It's said it stops for no one.
    The seasons come and go and that's just time.
    Well it's said it stops for no one.
    The seasons keep on going
    Whether or not we're blind.

    It's Christmas in California
    And it's hard to ignore that
    It feels like summer all the time
    But I'll take a West Coast winter
    To remove my splinters
    It's good to be alive
    It's good to be alive
    It's good to be alive
    (It's good to be alive) Writer/s: ANDREW ROSS MCMAHON
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 6

  • Daniel from Winchester, OhAgreed this is the best piano rock group I have ever heard..
  • Liam from Manchester, United KingdomAndrew McMahon is an inspiration to us all. The music that he makes is some of the best I've ever heard.
  • Landon from Winchester, OhAwesome. That's all I can say.
  • Anna from Decatur, GaAndrew McMahon never ceases to amaze me :]
  • Cassie from Overland Park, KsI love Jack's Mannequin.
  • Matthew Doroshow from Philadelphia, PaThis is an amazing song- gets better every single time that I listen to it. One of the best in 2005 in my opinion.
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