When you say good-bye to California   Could I follow you?   Could I follow you then?   Could I reach you then?      When you say good-bye to California   And eternal Spring   Good-bye eternal Spring and every little thing   And every little thing      And I think of you with ten silver slide trombones   And I think of you with ten silver slide trombones      Merle Haggard’s playing on the radio   The songs of Bakersfield   And you’re already far away   When you say good-bye to California   What’s the world coming to?   When you say good-bye to California   What’s the world coming to?   What’s the world coming to?