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.