Lyric

She showed up in a cherry red sky, oh

Sunglasses hiding her lies, oh

Said, "You can call me sin, or call me mine," oh

”Either way, I’m not staying the whole night”

Two sins in a motel haze

Smoke and mirrors in her sweat

Whispered lines, drank 'em all like summer gin

California Sins, truth can't hide

Kissing like the world seems to end tonight

Barefoot on the shore, don’t feel right

Playing love like strumming these chords tight

Gotta ride with you

Gotta swim with you

Gotta have a California Sin with you

Gotta ride with you

Gotta swim with you

Gotta have a California Sin with you

She danced on the edge, dashboard light

Told me, "Heaven’s boring, hell feels so right"

Her lipstick was a loaded gun, oh

One taste and I can't outrun

Complicity, palm trees

Stolen breaths, tangled sheets

No regrets, carved her name on my tanned skin

California Sins, truth can't hide

Kissing like the world seems to end tonight

Barefoot on the shore, don’t feel right

Playing love like strumming these chords tight

Gotta ride with you

Gotta swim with you

Gotta have a California Sin with you

Gotta ride with you

Gotta swim with you

Gotta have a California Sin with you

Hard to see you go, slowly you fade

No goodbye, just smoke in my hand

Pretty names, written in the sand

Washed away like a fairy tale

Gotta ride with you

Gotta swim with you

Gotta have a California Sin with you

Gotta ride with you

Gotta swim with you

Gotta have a California Sin with you