Young and wasted look at me now
 
 I'm the king of California
 
 Straight out of Tennessee
 
  
  C'mon baby crash on my couch
 
 You've got that hollywood nosebleed
 
 You've got the pedigree
  
 
 But when the seasons change
 
 That's when I'll check that plane and go
  
 
 Back to the middle, I'm gonna be high
 
 Back to the middle, when I've had enough I will fly
 
 Back to the middle, passengers please stand by
 
 Back to the middle it's a miracle I've escaped alive
  
 
 In the thick, thick electric air
 
 There's a cloud of smoke ascending
 
 Blocking the city lights
  
 
 Fast and Faded, dead in Times Square
 
 I'm not looking for a heartache
 
 I gotta catch a flight
  
 
 Because the weather's cold
 
 This scene is getting old
  
 
 in teh freeze I'm dreaming of the palm trees
 
 On the beat I scheme about the city
 
 Why should I go back?