Rock My Baby
Bill Medley Lyrics

You watched your hand hold the pen
You watched as your hand wrote the letter

And write the note, but it wasn't you
You wrote the note, but you didn't recognize the words that came out

And every single word was wrong
Every word you wrote was incorrect

But every word you wrote you knew was true
Despite being incorrect, you knew every word you wrote was honest

And as you stepped into the night
As you stepped outside into darkness

You wondered how this ever got so damned confused
You were bewildered as to how everything got so messed up

And again you cry in the darkness all alone
Once again, you cry by yourself in the dark

The bitter taste of the California goodbye
You feel bitter towards leaving California

You watch the desert fall away to mountains
You observe the desert disappearing and the mountains appearing

And to forest green and rivers blue
As you keep driving, you see forests of green and blue rivers

An you glance down at your watch and wonder
You look at your watch and think about what's going on

What he's thinking now that it's already noon
You wonder what someone is thinking now that it's already noon

And then you think you'll chance the radio again
You decide to try listening to the radio again

Though the last time every song just made you cry
You remember how the last time you listened to the radio, every song made you cry

Wo, wo, yes, it did
It's confirmed that every song from last time did make you cry

And as you touch the dial
As you go to change the radio station

Another tear falls for the California goodbye
You shed another tear for saying goodbye to California

There are dreams that we can keep
There are dreams that we can hold on to

And there are stars that shine through space
There are stars that can be seen from far away

Though it's cold and deep, dreams that we can keep
Even though things may be difficult, we can still hold on to our dreams

Oceans rise and fall and desert winds don't sleep
The oceans will always have waves and the desert winds never stop blowing

Tomorrow you'll be home again
You'll be back home again tomorrow

A thousand memories down the road from yesterday
You have so many memories from your past

And if you're not too late
If you're not delayed too much

You might see, baby, brother pack his things and walk away
You might see your brother packing his things and leaving

But somewhere deep inside
Deep down inside of you

You know an aching heart can never run and hide
You know that a broken heart can never be avoided or hidden

Ah, then you, you wanna die
Sometimes you feel like you want to die

As the sun sets fire to the desert sky
As the sun sets, it sets the sky on fire

A curtain falls on the California goodbye, goodbye
The end comes for the California goodbye