We grew up on a simple street

Not the best, not the worst

The only thing we knew was the trade

Is true it's the glue that keeps me hanging on



You left me with the feeling you'd be back

I hope you recognize me then

I've never figured out your reticence

I don't care about it now



So you're headed to southern Cal

San Diego or bust



But in El-Ay you get caught up with the scene

And your special gift that keeps the world turning



I don't care about your innocence

It's gone the moment it arrives

I'll never figure out your reticence

I still think about it now



We used to stare at the interstate

Watching the tracks and the bridge shake

Counting California plates

Predicting earthquakes

Letting something in

A seed that found the sun shining down



I knew you wouldn't come running back

I hope I recognize you when

I've never figured out your reticence



I don't care about

I still think about

I don't care about it now