She lived at the end of a little dirt road   In a house where secrets go untold   Barefoot in a cotton dress   Dark hair in a tangled mess   And a head full of crazy dreams      She said, "Well, I'm goin' to California   A place where the sun always shines   Well, I'm goin' to California   And I'm leavin' everything behind"      You can't help but feel a little bit touched   When your daddy loves you a little too much   You can wish on four leaf clovers   But all the fields have been plowed over   And there's nothin' left to do but fly away      She said, "Well, I'm goin' to California   A place where the sun always shines   Well, I'm goin' to California   And I'm leavin' everything behind"      Stars burn like candles on that two-lane highway   She made her wish and disappeared   On her eighteenth birthday      And she said, "Well, I'm goin' to California   A place where the sun always shines   Well, I'm goin' to California   And I'm leavin' everything behind"      Well, I'm goin' to California   And I'm leavin' everything behind      Oh, California   I'm goin' to California   Oh, California   Leavin' all behind   California