[Verse 1]
She said she'd like to go to California
Somehow I always thought that she meant "we"
But now she's gone, left for California
And the only thing that she forgot was me

[Chorus 1]
Now I don't know what I'll do without her
There's hardly any reason to go on
I can't find anything to keep me goin'
'Cause the thing that kept me goin' is gone

[Verse 2]
I'll never understand what made her leave me
Without so much as one "who", "why" or "what"
And I wonder what I did to be deserving
Of that one last "go to hell" look that I got

[Chorus 2]
I'll have to go on knowing I can't count on
Something that I counted on so long
But Lord, it sure is hard to keep on goin'
When the thing that kept me goin' is gone

[Verse 3]
I guess she'd rather be in California
And I would have her be with me instead
The last thing I'd have her say is goodbye
And that's the last thing that she said
[Chorus 3]
Now she took everything that really matters
The only thing she left me was alone
Now how can she expect me to keep goin'
When the thing that kept me goin' is gone
The thing that kept me goin' is gone