2023 Miles

Out on the west coast there's one thing I miss most
Once upon a time she was mine
The sunshine and ocean that the pretty girls go in
Leavin’ their troubles behind

Thought I was blessed but since that day that she left
I felt empty inside my own skin
I picture her laughin’ and it fills me with sadness
Wonderin’ at what could have been

Two thousand twenty-three miles
One day and ten hours away
Across the highway to the one I adore
But she ain’t my baby no more

These sweet Southern ladies all seem a bit crazy
Don’t understand my California style
So I sit and get drunker, I’m down on my luck, sir
Missin’ her California smile

I think of the sunsets and the honky tonk duets
That we used to sing around town
Islands in the stream might be just what I need
To keep me from feelin’ down

Two thousand twenty-three miles
One day and ten hours away
Across the highway to the one I adore
But she ain’t my baby no more

She left me for a lesser man, a lesson I don’t understand
I miss the son we never had and the son she’s gonna give some other man
I miss her, I miss her so bad

If you see her, please tell her, I’m thinkin’ about her
And I hope that she’s doing fine
Out on the west coast there's one thing I miss most
And once upon a time she was mine.