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Santa Monica (3:12)

Cover of Sparkle And Fade

From Sparkle And Fade and 26 other releases

Everclear lead singer Art Alexakis told Songfacts that Santa Monica is about the seaside town in California where he grew up. He described it as “Like LA, but on the coast.”
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I am still living with your ghost
Lonely and dreaming of the west coast
I don't want to be your downtime
I don't want to be your stupid game

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  • takenasusual

    good band

    20 Apr 10:49am Reply

  • Sadie1993b

    I was brought up listening to these guys (happens to be my mom's favorite song by them) and I will always have a kind of nostalgic love for them.

    19 Jan 1:40am Reply

  • GodOfTheLamps

    @hecmannn: FLASH ! ! OH OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoohHHHHHH

    5 Jan 7:26am Reply

  • silvasonicsurfa

    ...love this track, love Art Alexakis......

    23 Oct 2012 Reply

  • DeathNoteAddict

    ..I know this song... Well, heard it before never really knew it's title/artist .-. Last.fm has the same comment pages for different versions of the same songs I believe so idk if I'm hearing the original of this "remix" that everybody's complaining about though /: Anyway, it's alright I guess, not loving it though :P

    19 Sep 2012 Reply

  • porifera_series

    For those unaware and still wondering, Everclear (or more like Art and a bunch of dudes I know nothing about) released an album titled 'In a Different Light', which is a collection of old songs in a different arrangement. I love the concept, but nothing can compare to years of listening to the originals. There's that emotional investment to consider.

    17 Aug 2012 Reply

  • hecmannn

    reminds me of vagina

    3 Aug 2012 Reply

  • tastethemagic

    Doesn't remind me of summertime/beaches...reminds me of an angry breakup

    24 Jul 2012 Reply

  • Almightyswtness

    On last.fm anyway. Why not just keep the songs the way they did them in the 90's?

    17 Jun 2012 Reply

  • Almightyswtness

    I'm very sad :(. Why is it every Everclear song I hear is a messed up version of the 90's song?

    17 Jun 2012 Reply

  • crazykarma138

    TO MY EX HUSBAND

    21 Mar 2012 Reply

  • missidaho

    I just wanna see some palm trees.

    17 Mar 2012 Reply

  • crazykarma138

    i always hear people say this song remionds them of summertime and beaches, and hey i agree but im not sure why when i think of summertime and beaches i think of sparkly happy people but his music is so angry. funny. angry people make the best music.

    27 Feb 2012 Reply

  • Andromache0411

    I love this song. ...and I don't want to be your fall-back crutch anymore.

    27 Feb 2012 Reply

  • darkcleavage

    i wish that it was the original version though. its more epic

    23 Feb 2012 Reply

  • darkcleavage

    this is like the 90's all in a song!!!

    21 Feb 2012 Reply

  • crazykarma138

    i always forget how much i love this track..... ever since leaving seattle to live in a shithole small town in the middle of the country, i am still dreaming of the west coast i wanna see some pine trees(not palm for me) i wanna live beside the ocean

    18 Jan 2012 Reply

  • evatinadoro76

    nice one

    15 Nov 2011 Reply

  • kabulgaf

    Not the original but this version ain't bad. &I'm not really a fan of Everclear's music but this song speaks of just about everything I want out of life.

    7 Nov 2011 Reply

  • maddux808

    their library is kinda blah, but this album is solid top to bottom

    12 Oct 2011 Reply
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