I dipped my toes in the ocean today
I felt the sun shining down on my face
There isn't even one single cloud in the sky
The only sign of doubt is the one that's behind me
So tell me, how are you?

What did you think that I would do
When I told you I was leaving?
You didn't blink, you just assumed
That you're the one I needed

And I tried, and I tried, and I tried some more
And then I thought what is all this trying for
Don't say I didn't warn ya
Goodbye from California

I'm in my flip flops on Hollywood and Vine
I heard it snowed another foot there last night
And even though the life I have at home is ending
I've really got a feeling that it's all beginning now
So tell me, how are you?

What did you think that I would do
When I told you I was leaving?
You didn't blink, you just assumed
That you're the one I needed

And I tried, and I tried, and I tried some more
And then I thought what is all this trying for?
Don't say I didn't warn ya
Goodbye from California

Now that I've had a taste
Got no more time to waste
With my head up in the clouds

Is that a lump in your throat
As you're reading what I wrote?
It's over now

What did you think that I would do
When I told you I was leaving?
You didn't blink, you just assumed
That you're the one I needed

And I tried, and I tried, and I tried some more
And then I thought what is all this trying for?
Don't say I didn't warn ya

What did you think that I would do
When I told you I was leaving?
You didn't blink, you just assumed
That you're the one I needed

And I tried, and I tried, and I tried some more
And then I thought what is all this trying for?
Don't say I didn't warn ya
Goodbye from California