We were philosophers and fools In California afternoons That we knew would never last We had nothing else to do So we gave ourselves to you California afternoons Why'd you move along so fast? I don't know if I can say If I wanted you to want for me to stay But why do you gotta call my name When the awful truth is that I'm the one Who don't remain We were holding off the Moon From California afternoons As we lay there in the park We had nothing else to prove So we made ourselves like you California afternoons Why'd you let us get so dark? If I holler let me know Might be halfway round the world Before it shows on the BQE I look over at that postcard view Been searching for a future me He's been dreaming of his past with you California afternoons