WEST COAST AGAIN [Intro] Yeah... Took the long way around, didn't I? Two years gone, but look who's back. West Coast... I missed you, baby. [Verse 1] Carolina, Carolina, you gave me time to think, gave me a house and a quiet street, but something never clicked. Humidity hanging heavy, same old view outside, I kept dreaming 'bout that ocean three thousand miles to the other side. [Pre-Chorus] Then one day I quit pretending I didn't know what I already knew— sometimes you gotta leave a place to remember what feels like you. [Chorus] West Coast! I'm living on the West Coast again, sun going down on the Pacific, got that California grin. (West Coast!) Windows down, that warm wind rolling, old friends calling out my name. Took me two long years to figure out I belonged here anyway. Yeah... I'm living on the West Coast again. [Verse 2] San Diego in the morning, cold brew underneath that sky, seventy-five and barely trying, yeah, that's more my kind of life. Take the Jeep into the mountains, point it east toward desert sand, then I'm back beside the ocean with the sunset in my hands. [Pre-Chorus] Funny how the world gets lighter when you're where you're meant to be. I thought I needed something different— turns out I just needed me. [Chorus] West Coast! I'm living on the West Coast again, sun going down on the Pacific, got that California grin. (West Coast!) Windows down, that warm wind rolling, old friends calling out my name. Took me two long years to figure out I belonged here anyway. Yeah... I'm living on the West Coast again. [Bridge] No hard feelings, Carolina, you were something I had to know. Sometimes you've gotta chase a new life just to learn where you wanna go. Now the palm trees catch the evening, pink and purple fills the sky. And that ocean says, "Where you been, man?" I just laugh as I drive by. [Breakdown] Turn it up. Little more bass. Yeah, right there. Pacific on my left, mountains on my right, desert if I want it, city lights tonight. Got nowhere I gotta prove myself, nothing left to explain. I took the long road back around— and damn... it feels good to say— [Final Chorus] WEST COAST! I'm living on the West Coast again, sun going down on the Pacific, got that California grin. (West Coast!) Windows down, that warm wind rolling, old friends calling out my name. Took me two long years to figure out I belonged here anyway. WEST COAST! Yeah, I'm finally home again. Don't know why I ever doubted where this road was gonna end. I went east looking for something, came back knowing who I am. Yeah... I'm living on the West Coast— living on the West Coast— living on the West Coast again. [Outro] Two years gone, three thousand miles, one hell of a way to find my smile. California... Don't worry. I'm staying awhile.
