i left my home and family to seek my fortune fair i went north into the city but i didn t find it there met a million women no two were the same if i had only met the one that i d let have my name all alone on a lonesome desert highway my best laid plans had failed i put my face in a woman and i wound up in jail love she was a holding and i chose to take the blame i was in and she was gone but loved her just the same i ve seen a lot of country and i moved from place to place i don t remember names but i can t forget her face it s not a place that i been to that i could call my home an i can t hope to settle down down seems i m meant to roam all those years spent searching for something goin around the bend all i ever wanted was to see her again yeah on a go for california i slept out on the sand i drove the coastal highways i drive them all again an if you aim to find me i ll be out on the track this maybe the last to seeing me no we won t be coming back