She left a light on in the window She left the coffee on the stove She left your faithless ways behind her When she took off down California Road She laid out your cheater's slippers She laid out your liar's robe She laid rest to her old memories When she took off down California Road California Road kept on calling Every night that she sat home alone Trying not to hear it while she pushed back all her tears Now she's down that California road and gone She never chanced a look over her shoulder She knew the time had come she had to go And well, I hope she finds the thing that she's been needing Somewhere down that California road California Road kept on calling Every night that she sat home alone Trying not to hear it while she pushed back all her tears Now she's down that California road and gone California Road kept on calling Every night that she sat home alone Trying not to hear it while she pushed back all her tears Now she's down that California road and gone