What if I painted you a picture?
What if I wrote you a song?
What if I told you a story ten thousand pages long?
What if we lived out in the valley
With nothing but miles of our own?
What if I told you I'm sorry for leaving you at home?
Would you believe me if I say
That I need you and I miss you but you're just too far away
California, oh I wanna run away with you further then we've ever gone
Next to nothing, I'd be bluffing if I didn't say that's what I'd be without you
What if you'd never dyed your hair back?
What if you'd always left it brown?
What if we'd swam too far away before we even started to drown
What if we'd never gotten closer?
What if life hadn't passed us by?
What if my leaving you was harder, what if this was the last time?
Will you forgive me if I say
Though I need you, and I miss you, I need to walk away
California, oh I wanna run away with you further than we've ever gone
Next to nothing I'd be bluffing if I didn't say that's what I'd be without you
What if I'd lost you this November?
What if you didn't choose to stay?
What if you weren't the only good thing that didn't go away
California, oh I wanna run away with you further than we've ever gone
Next to nothing I'd be bluffing if I didn't say that's what I'd be without you
California, do you wanna run away with me further than we've ever gone