Oh, I hear the weather's nice in California
If you ever come back home to Carolina
And would you even recognize
I wonder what you'd say to me
I wonder what you'd say to me
The woman that your little girl has grown up to be
Did you even miss me through the years at all?
You weren't around to cheer me on
Oh, I hear the weather's nice in California
Help me dress for my high school prom like mothers do
But it's so hard to do when you've been hurt
If you ever come back home to Carolina
I think about how it ain't fair
That you weren't there to braid my hair like mothers do
They're the only thing you ever gave to me at all
To hold my hand, to dry my tears?
Are your brown eyes looking back at me
Oh, I hear the weather's nice in California
And just in case you're wondering about me
Did you think I didn't need you here?
There's sunny skies as far as I can see
From now on I won't be in Carolina
'Cause I look in the mirror and all I see
Forgiveness is such a simple word
There's sunny skies as far as I can see
Your little girl is off, your little girl is off
