Alcatraz - Live

Hello, it's been a while
You know I wished you well
I wrote a song for you
So break the chains and damn the cell

You wrote, "Love, love is everywhere"
In the notebook you gave me
You made a list of joys for me
And you should put your name first

How, how, how is no man an island?

Well, with California slidin' off the chart
Pack your suitcase up and make a brand-new start
California, slidin' off the map
Hurry now, can you make it home?
Can you make it back?
If nothing's built to last
Why don't you just put me out on Alcatraz?
Oh, oh

I've been accused a time or two
Of having sentimental attributes, of hangin' on too long
When nostalgia is a vice, it captures a warm place in time
And like a cool fog rollin' in, clouding up the heart and mind

Whoa, whoa
Well, no man's an island

Well, with California slidin' off the chart
Pack your suitcase up, and make a brand-new start
California, slidin' off the map
Hurry now, can you make it home?
Can you make it back?
If nothing's built to last
Why don't you just put me out on Alcatraz?
Oh

And every tear in your past, the reservoir you blink away
Washing down all the hilly streets out into the bay
No man is an island, but each one does his time
To see if he can tough it out in a prison of the mind

And like a note to a lover
Through the blue lines, you can see
A chance to stay a prisoner
Or an easy way to break yourself free

Oh, oh, California, slidin' off the chart
Pack your suitcase up, baby, open up your heart
California, slidin' off the map
Hurry now, can you make it home?
Can you make it back?
If nothing's built to last
Why don't you just put me out on Alcatraz?
Oh, oh