Sometimes I think about you
Wonder if you're out there somewhere thinking 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 lookin' 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 I can see
If you ever come back home to Carolina
I wonder what you'd say to me


I think about how it aint 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 I can see
If you ever come back home to Carolina

I wonder what you'd say to me

Forgiveness is 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 wondering about me
From now on I won't be in Carolina
Your little girl is off

Yeah,Your little girl is off
Your little girl is off to Tennessee