I woke up this morning in a one-room apartment
on the east side of Nashville, Tennessee
Staring out the window at a cold, gray morning
Wond'ring what had happened to me
I was feeling like an old fool remembering a girl who
I knew in another lifetime
I left her waiting for me back home in California
In a small town off Highway 99
Well I played every bar from Bakersfield to Modesto
making just enough to get us by
Along that San Juaquin Highway I heard every drunk say
"Boy, go give Nashville a try"
Well, It's been three years or more here
Just gettin' nowhere
More and more I ask myself why
I left her waiting for me back home in California
In a small town off Highway 99
Chorus:
Now the rain is falling on the trees and the houses
on the east side of Nashville, Tennessee
But in my mind the sun is shining down on oilfields and orchards
Spreading as far as your eyes can see
And she's laying there beside me
Holding me tightly
With kisses sweet as grapes from the vine
I left her waiting for me back home in California
In a small town off Highway 99
Repeat chorus
She's laying there beside me
Holding me tightly
With kisses sweet as grapes from the vine
I left her waiting for me back home in California
In a small town off Highway 99