All of these things that 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 now,
I know it's no joke
Cause you've lost something in you
since the last time we spoke
It's the thing I held on to,
it's the thing that I loved you for
And now that I see it,
as it falls from your eyes,
will I just let it drop?
Cause I know now, I realize,
that it is not mine,
you are not mine anymore
And then you say to me,
don't tell me, I didn't warn you
Cause 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
So stop telling me and 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
Cause you realized, but a second too late
A life without me
was a life
you just didn't wanna know
And the words that I wished for
Darling, I'm standing for you
So get your ass on a plane
and I'll see you in California
Yeah, the words that I was cryin'
I'm turnin' out and standin' for ya
So get your ass on a plane
And I'll see you in California