Sometimes I think about you
Wonder if you're out there
Somewhere thinkin' 'bout me
And would you even recognize
The woman that your
Little girl
Has grown up to be
'Cause I look in the mirror
And all I see
Are your brown eyes
Looking back at me
They're the only thing
You ever gave to me at all
Oh I hear the weather's nice
In California
There's sunny skies
As far as I can see
If you ever come back home
To Carolina
I wonder what
You'd say to me
I think about how
It ain't fair
That you weren't there
To braid my hair
Like mothers do
You weren't around
To cheer me on
Help me dress
For my high school prom
Like mothers do
Did you think
I didn't need you here
To hold my hand
To dry my tears
Did you even miss me
Through the years at all
Oh I hear the weather's nice
In California
There's sunny skies
As far as I can see
If you ever come back home
To Carolina
I wonder what you'd
Say to me
Forgiveness
Such a simple word
But it's so hard to do
When you've been hurt
Oh I hear the weather's nice
In California
And just in case
You're wonderin' about me
From now on
I won't be in Carolina
Your little girl is off
Your little girl is off
Your little girl is off
To Tennessee