California
I found a message on my phone
The night I ended up alone
You were the one who took me home
But I felt so lost as you let me go
And this is it
This where we'll grow
This is all we know
This is where we'll throw it all away

There goes my day dreams, day dreams
Someday they come to me and save me, save me
I won't let them go away
And if this was all up to me
Hell I'd just up and leave
And I won't even have to warn ya
I left my heart in California

Do you remember all the times?
That we laughed until we cried
I promised not to leave you
But my promises were lies
And if I had just one more chance
To do it all again
I would have stayed, you would have kept me
But this is it
This is where we grow
This is all we know
This is where we throw it all away
There goes my day dreams, day dreams
Someday they come to me and save me, save me
I won't let them go away
And if this was all up to me
Hell I'd just up and leave
And I won't even have to warn ya
I left my heart in California

I spend my nights
Stuck inside day dreams
With the lights on
Cos the pictures last longer than moments
In my memory
Except the regrets
Which always seem clearer to me

There goes my day dreams, day dreams
Someday they come to me and save me, save me
I won't let them go away
And if this was all up to me
Hell I'd just up and leave
And I won't even have to warn ya
I left my heart in California