I'm coming home from my hardest year I'm making plans not to make plans while I'm here And this life has been no holiday, a complicated situation I'm fine with all my memories Still I could use vacation It's Christmas in California And it's hard to ignore that it feels like summer all the time But I'll take a west coast winter to remove my splinters It's good to be alive It's good to be alive I'm coming home to the lights and buzz Streets look the same, still nothing's as it was This place is paradise I'm sure, here's my reservation I've gotten lost here once before Inside a good vibration It's Christmas in California And it's hard to ignore that it feels like summer all the time But I'll take a west coast winter to remove my splinters It's good to be alive It's good to be alive It's good to be alive And time, time it stops for no one The seasons come and go and that's just time Yeah time it stops for no one The seasons keep on going Whether or not we're blind Christmas in California And it's hard to ignore that it feels like summer all the time But I'll take a west coast winter to remove my splinters It's good to be alive It's good to be alive It's good to be alive