Released: March 2, 1999
Songwriter: Aimee Mayo Bill Luther Chris Lindsey
Producer: Norro Wilson Buddy Cannon
[Verse 1]
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
[Chorus]
I'm going to California
A place where the sun always shines
I'm going to California
And I'm leaving everything behind
[Verse 2]
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 nothing left to do but fly away
She said
[Chorus]
I'm going to California
A place where the sun always shines
I'm going to California
And I'm leaving everything behind
[Bridge]
Stars burn like candles on that two-lane highway
She made her wish, and disappeared on her 18th birthday
And she said
[Chorus]
I'm going to California
A place where the sun always shines
I'm going to California
And I'm leaving everything behind
I'm going to California
And I'm leaving everything behind
[Outro]
Oh California
I'm going to California
Oh California
Leaving it all behind
California
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
[Chorus]
I'm going to California
A place where the sun always shines
I'm going to California
And I'm leaving everything behind
[Verse 2]
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 nothing left to do but fly away
She said
[Chorus]
I'm going to California
A place where the sun always shines
I'm going to California
And I'm leaving everything behind
[Bridge]
Stars burn like candles on that two-lane highway
She made her wish, and disappeared on her 18th birthday
And she said
[Chorus]
I'm going to California
A place where the sun always shines
I'm going to California
And I'm leaving everything behind
I'm going to California
And I'm leaving everything behind
[Outro]
Oh California
I'm going to California
Oh California
Leaving it all behind
California
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- American Kids
- Anything But Mine
- Wild Child
- Setting the World on Fire
- When the Sun Goes Down
- Come Over
- All the Pretty Girls
- The Good Stuff
- Tip of My Tongue
- You and Tequila
- Don’t Blink
- Somewhere With You
- I Go Back
- There Goes My Life
- The Boys of Fall
- She Thinks My Tractor’s Sexy
- Summertime
- Pirate Flag
- Here and Now
- Save It For A Rainy Day
- Ends of the Earth
- Knowing You