You've been miles away So heavy, California I will love you, can't afford you They say heaven's waiting for you So I'm headed for California I'll be here for you Just hold me, I'm a lonely heart

I went downtown to see milady She stood me up and I stood there waiting But it'll be all right when The Morning Comes Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair I've got nowhere to go, so I can go anywhere And it'll be all right when the Morning

I cover the waterfront Will the one I love I'm watching the sea Be coming back to me? Patiently waiting Hoping and longing Oh, how I yearn Where are you?

Ooh whoa, ooh whoa, ooh whoa And when the daylight comes I'll have to go But tonight I'm gonna hold you so close 'Cause in the daylight we'll be on our own But tonight I need to hold you so close Here I am waiting, I'll have to leave soon Why am I

When you were young He doesn't look a thing like Jesus You sit there in your heartache Waiting on some beautiful boy to You play forgiveness Watch it now, here he comes But he talks like a gentlemen Like you imagined when you were young To save your from

Far away, far away California rain is falling I can hear the summer calling A song that's fading Put me on a plane tomorrow I'll try to run from all my sorrow From endless waiting It's so cold here without my sun I'm so sad here, far away from everyone

I don't want to take what you can give Can't buy what I want because its free The waiting drove me mad You're finally here and I'm a mess I take your entrance back Can't let you roam inside my head I would rather starve than eat your bread I would rather

Waiting here to find the sign Drinking wine, feeling fine I got the love birds chirpin' at the window But I don't need love no more I'll be fine, sipping wine Everyday I spend my time That I can understand Taking time slow

Why won't you call me? I'm sitting here waiting Stephen, I'm feeling pathetic Stephen, why won't you call me? I can't take rejection My drug of choice my sick obsession Stephen why won't you call me? Stephen, Stephen

And now that you're gone I feel I'm to blame yeah I feel I'm to blame I just wish that you spoke up and held out your hand I waited for you but you never came, no you never came I was waiting for you man, right down there by the sea Where we used to