[Verse 1]
Said you make it better if you head out west
Oh there's a life you've been countin' on
Tell me now: what's been holdin' you back?
Who the hell are you afraid of?

[Chorus]
We can chase the settin' sun
Run the race 'til it's won
But you can't turn back
Once you're gone
Once you're gone

[Verse 2]
The problem isn't where you are
California ain't that far
It's when you wanna go
Now we can dream our lives away
Put it off until someday
We wake up tired and old

[Chorus]
We can chase the settin' sun
Run the race 'til it's won
But you can't turn back
Once you're gone
Once you're gone
Once you're gone
Once you're gone
[Bridge]
If we never even try
We'll be askin' ourselves why
Our dreams never came along
Oh, but you can't turn back once you're gone

[Outro]
Once you're gone, oh you're gone
Yeah once you're gone, yeah once you're gone
Once you're gone, you're gone
You're gone, you're gone
You're gone, you're gone, you're gone