Midnight, stars are shining on Highway 53
And the Chi-town skyline is waving goodbye to me
She's waving goodbye to what I used to be
Headlights are paving the way to where I gotta' go
I'm leaving behind everything I used to know
With a song in my head that we've all heard before
It goes California
California
Here I am
Daylight rising up on the city of boulevards
I can feel it pounding in this here broken heart
The song I've always known from the very start
And it goes California
California
California
Here I am
Oh... midnight, stars are shining on Highway 53
And the Chi-town skyline is waving goodbye to me
She's waving goodbye to what I used to be
Oh, I can see her waving goodbye
And I can still see her waving goodbye to me
Goodbye
