Stuck on the highway, 11 a.m I am driving through LA in traffic again I thought I was a writer, but lately I feel like a hack They called me a hero, but I was a sinner I drank before lunch and I took drugs with dinner Then burned every bridge that I crossed on the long journey back Oh, oh, I won't lie, when I was young and high Crossing the distance, flying got me there faster You can stare at the runway lights, dreaming of days in flight But don't you go crash-land twice, you little disaster I passed the apartment at Sunset and Vine Where I lived with my friends and we smoked ourselves blind It's crazy how time can turn chaos and crime into magic Today I'll make music, drive home to the beach Kiss my daughter goodnight as she's falling asleep I live with this hunger, but everything I need, I have it Oh, oh, I won't lie, when I was young and high Crossing the distance, flying got me there faster You can stare at the runway lights, dreaming of days in flight But don't you go crash-land twice, you little disaster ♪ I was tilting at the wind, I was running in circles So hard catching your breath if you never slow down I was tilting at the wind, I was running in circles So hard catching your breath, if you never slow down Oh, oh, I won't lie, when I was young and high Crossing the distance, flying got me there faster You can stare at the runway lights, dreaming of days in flight But don't you go crash-land twice, you little disaster Stuck on the highway, 11 a.m I am driving through LA in traffic again It's crazy how time can turn chaos and crime into magic