it's there where i had left you   and it's then you should have known the reasons why   a phrase that held the miles from decisions   and you never called to stop it from goodbye   and after my car was packed and these maps were spread like paint out on the dashboard   you never thought to call me      i'm driving the world tonight with your face on my mind   all exempt from feeling anything at all   anything at all      it's there where i had known you   and i would live to breathe and think that you're okay   a world that held the life from your decision   to giving up and wanting me to stay      and after the sun came up and let california take it's breath for nothing   my phone was never ringing to tell me not to leave      i picture your face tonight with your hair in yours eyes   all exempt from feeling anything at all      and the months went by like years i didn't see you   i faked a smile bearing gifts of little hope   this christmas will be my last time home      i still think of you every time it snows      let the sunshine while your hair dries   it's my jersey/california life that i live somewhere inside   from the valley where my heart beats   in the nights we grow to feel alive   i'm annulling our goodbyes