California Verse 1 The days are growing colder, the nights and weekends too I'm trading in my greens and reds for different shades of you The stars are shinning bright now, falling down like autumn leaves Painting pictures through their golden reds pictures of you and me Your smile says you're happy but it's cheaper then our words And your silence speaks so clearly but I swear I'll make this work Chorus On nights, like tonight The wind speaks to us through trees Singing lullabies by moonlight Your smile rocking us to sleep Verse 2 The tears grow far too common, in between our eyes The photographs we pretend to be, laughter's found in lies And the laughter we both share seems to be our common ground I'm treading water in our conversations just to keep my words around The music found in silence is keeping me awake And like the ground in California your eyes still make me shake Chorus And on days, like today The paper's our comfort as is our pen As we bleed our hearts, tearing gossip apart We make our own fate on papers' skin