Uncommon amount of the time at home   Hardly a word on the telephone   Finally find the time to get to know you   Mapping it out like a master plan   Something to do with my idle hands   Write you a letter, addressed from California      It's vivid and strong in my memory   An absence that smacks of abandoning   Led to the battle that ultimately destroyed us   I'm nothing if I don't know your mistakes   The pill is as bitter as I can take   It twists like a blade, when I leave for California      La da, la da, da da, da da, da da, da da da   La da, la da, da da, da da, da da, da da da      I hope that you know this is killing me   It's all in the name of the family   Only can play the cards the dealer dealt us   The end of the cycle is closing in   With you, I see new hope begin again   Suddenly, seems to be promise in California      La da, la da, da da, da da, da da, da da da   La da, la da, da da, da da, da da, da da da      As heavy as all this is weighing me   Believe in the words I am promising   I'm still here for her   The distance is only an obstacle   Hardly a match for a miracle   Finally ready to go to California