He always found it hard to take her She wouldn't listen to advice And though he never tried to make her She often thought it would be nice Oh, and now she's headin' out to California It's been a long time comin' but she's feeling like a woman tonight And she left a little letter said she's gonna make a stop in Nevada Goodbye, goodbye. She tried for years to be a good wife It never quite got off the ground And all those stories of the good life Convinced her not to hang around Oh, and now she's heading out to California And she doesn't know what's comin' but she's sure of what she's leaving behind And she left a little letter said she's gonna make a stop in Nevada Goodbye, goodbye. And though she finds it hard to leave him She knows it would be worse to stay He wouldn't understand the reasons That make a woman run away Oh, and now she's heading out to California With some money in her pocket she's a rocket on the fourth of July And she left a little letter said she's gonna make a stop in Nevada Goodbye, goodbye. Oh, and now she's heading out to California With some money in her pocket she's a rocket on the fourth of July And she left a little letter said she's gonna make a stop in Nevada Goodbye, goodbye.