california

all of these things i wanted for you

you set out to find them and i hope that you do

but all that i hope for you

is all that i fear

the thought of you leaving plays out in my head

will you really do it or turn back instead

when you realize

that all that you love is right here

you're fighting the feeling

and the voice that keeps calling for you

what will it be

me or california

your eyes are not laughing i know it's no joke

you've lost something in you since the last time we spoke

it's the thing i held onto

the thing that i loved you for

and now that i see it as it falls from your eyes

i just let it drop i know now i realize

that it is not mine

you are not mine anymore

and you say to me

don't tell me i didn't warn you

winter just isn't me

and i'm leaving for california

you have to go you have to go

i hear it in your voice

listen as it echoes

you have to go you have to go

i hear it in your voice

listen as it echoes

stop telling me

start walking away

and did you expect me to curl up and die

while you turned a promise into a lie

did it surprise you

how easily i let you go

it just wasn't meant it must have been fate

you realized but a second too late

that life without me

was a life you just didn't want to know

then the words that i wished for

darling i'm sending for you

so get your ass on a plane

and i'll see you in california

the words that i wished for

darling i'm sending for you

so get your ass on a plane

and i'll see you in california