The New Amsterdams - California lyrics

Uncommon amount of the time

at home, hardly a

word on the telephone. Finally

find the time to get

to know you. Still mapping it out

like a master plan,

something to do with my idle hands.

Write you a letter

addressed from California. It's vivid

and strong in my

memory, an absence that smacks of

abandoning. It let

to the battle that ultimately destroyed

us. I'm nothing if

I don't know your mistakes, the pill is

as bitter as I can take.

It twists like a blade when I leave for

California. I hope that

you know this is killing me, it's all in

the name of the family.

We only can play the cards the dealer

dealt us. The end of

the cycle is closing in, with you I see

new hope begin again.

There suddenly seems to be promise in

California. As heavy

as all this is weighing me, believe in

the words I am promising.

I'm still here for her. The distance is

only and obstacle, hardly

a match for a miracle. I'm finally ready

to go to California.