You’ve felt alone since you were only sevenYour mother didn’t have a clue what to doYou cried each night until you were elevenYou prayed that God would bring your daddy back to youIt got much worse when you were in high schoolFrom guy to guy, you wondered why you never felt a thingYou wondered if you’d ever find a lover who’d somedayGet down on his knees, holding that diamond ringThis summer’s taking me to CaliforniaBut I won’t go until you know that what I say is trueWhen everything you’ve ever loved has left you,I’ll be there, yeah, I’ll be there for youYour senior year, you and your friends went crazyBut then you found out who your friends really wereYou were betrayed by everyone that matteredSo you drank until it all became a blurBut don’t forget about when I first met youWell, I can see a pain too deep to kiss awayYou thought that I would be another let downSo here I am, proving to you that I am here to stayThis summer’s taking me to CaliforniaBut I won’t go until you know that what I say is trueWhen everything you’ve ever loved has left you,I’ll be there, yeah, I’ll be there for youI don’t wanna leave you lonelyI just wanna be right hereEven if you don’t believe me,I will try to make it clearThis summer’s taking me to CaliforniaBut I won’t go until you know that what I say is trueWhen everything you’ve ever loved has left you,I’ll be there, yeah, I’ll be there for…This summer’s taking me to CaliforniaBut I won’t go until you know that what I say is trueWhen everything you’ve ever loved has left you,I’ll be there, yeah, I’ll be there for youThis summer’s taking me to CaliforniaBut I won’t go until you know that what I say is trueWhen everything you’ve ever loved has left you,I’ll be there, I’ll be there for you