Pacific Coast Highway

Daddy's money burning holes in his pockets
Thinks he's got what everybody's wantin'
There's not enough sense in the world to stop him
Blame it on the way he's conditioned
He's the only one that's convincin'
There's only so much money that can hide a secret this big

He says

"I never saw her comin'
As I was leaving the bay
That's when the fog rolled in
And it got in my way
An unfortunate mistake
On Pacific Coast Highway"

And the housewives talked about it ad nauseam
Over salads at Fashion Island
"I heard that she worked down at Goat Hill Tavern"

But everybody's got skeletons
If you don't help bury them
Someone's gonna come diggin'

So they'll say

"He never saw her coming
As he was leaving the bay
I don't remember that night being foggy
But I will look the other way
You gotta pay to play
On Pacific Coast Highway"

Now I blow through Balboa
Like the wind the night that I told ya
Come clean or we're over

You said I was just some drifter
You had to protect your image
This was wrong and you didn't wanna hurt her

Filled with empty promises
And too much information
Guess I was the fog in your vision

But I

I never saw you comin'
As I ran out of the bay
That's when the fog rolled out
Just as fast as it came
The night was clear as day
On Pacific Coast Highway

No one will live to tell my story
The truth was laid to rest with me
Innocent 'til proven guilty
But there's so much they will never see

Like the first time you saw me at that dive bar
The one that made your father's skin crawl
Late night walks in Crystal Cove
Always home before the sun rose

Saying you loved me more than anything
Stay quiet and I'd get everything I'd ever need
Flying South in your Maserati
Who would have known it'd be the end of me

I never saw you comin'
As I ran out of the bay
That's when the fog rolled out
Just as fast as it came
The night was clear as day
On Pacific Coast Highway