[Verse 1]
It doesn't rain in California, and everyone is sleeping silently
Rent is due and we everything on a couple hours of hard relief

[Verse 2]
I think we're doomed to slowly fall apart;
It won't hurt so bad if you're there with me
Why doesn't it feel like the first time?
Why does it still anchor us to sanity?

[Chorus]
'Cause Irene, Irene, Irene, we're history
But you've been, you've been, you've been so good to me
I don't expect you to go silently
So Irene, tell me, now what's it gonna be?

[Verse 3]
And when we're (I don't know) like eighty-three
Hindsight clearer than our gnarled cheeks
And this broken record sounds like a symphony
Maybe we'll be living honestly

[Chorus]
'Cause Irene, Irene, Irene, we're history
But you've been, you've been, you've been so good to me
I don't expect you to go silently
So Irene, tell me, now what's it gonna be?
[Chorus]
'Cause Irene, Irene, Irene, we're history
But you've been, you've been, you've been so good to me
I don't expect you to go silently
So Irene, tell me, now what's it gonna be?

[Outro]
It doesn't rain in California
Put down the phone my darling, I'll be fine