[Intro] (Clean electric guitar, light shaker groove, warm room ambience) (G — D — Em — C) [Verse 1] (Relaxed live-band feel, subtle slide guitar) (G — D — Em — C) There’s a coffee stain On the dashboard light And a postcard fading From another life Radio keeps humming Like it knows my name While the west coast sunset Bleeds into the rain [Pre-Chorus] (Light organ swell, soft harmony layers) (Em — C — G — D) Every mile keeps teaching What the heart can’t hold Some dreams grow lighter When they grow old [Chorus] (Open guitars, uplifting emotional release) (G — D — Em — C) We’re just California static Drifting through the summer air Trying to outrun the silence Like it’s waiting everywhere And every broken memory Still shines a little gold Like headlights on an empty highway Burning through the cold [Verse 2] (Warm bass groove, restrained drums) (G — D — Em — C) That old motel sign Still flickers after dark Like all the little pieces We carry in our hearts You laugh through the heartbreak Like people sometimes do Trying to make peace With what never stayed true [Bridge] (Stripped acoustic section, intimate vocals) (C — G — D — Em) Maybe freedom’s just the feeling Of the windows rolling down Maybe healing starts the moment You stop turning back around [Final Chorus] (Full emotional lift, layered harmonies) (G — D — Em — C) We’re just California static Floating through the evening glow Holding onto little moments We were never meant to own And the whole world keeps spinning Like an old familiar song Still we keep driving forward Even after love is gone [Outro] (Fading slide guitar, highway ambience) (G) The radio keeps humming