Take me away to January
 I'm done with this year, I'm tired of everyone here
 I just need some time alone
 Before I'm ready [bad word] back home
 There's gotta be something else out there for me
 I could feel it in my heart the day I started to dream
 There's more than this Midwestern town
 I can't let this place keep me down

 So I tell myself

 "There's a girl out on the coast of California,
 There's a world out there and it's waiting for you."
 And I can hear them calling my name tonight.

 Take me away, I need the sand and the waves
 The sunset and let's not forget those warm autumn days
 I just need to get out of here
 And visit the coast just to see her
 There's gotta be something else out there for me
 I could feel it in my heart the day I started to dream
 There's more than this Midwestern town
 I can't let this place keep me down

 So I tell myself

 "There's a girl out on the coast of California,
 There's a world out there and it's waiting for you."
 And I can hear them calling my name tonight.

 Take me away to January
 I'm done with this year, I'm tired of everyone here
 I just need some time alone
 Before I'm ready [bad word] back home