Verse 1: Baby, what do you say we just get lost?
Leave this one horse town like two rebels without a cause
I've got people in Boston, ain't your daddy still in Des Moines?
We can pack up tomorrow, tonight let's flip a coin

Chorus: Heads Carolina, tails California
Somewhere greener, somewhere warmer
Up in the mountains, down by the ocean
Where it don't matter as long as we're goin'
Somewhere together, I've got a quarter
Heads Carolina, tails California

Verse 2: We can load what we own in the back of a U-Haul van
Couple of modern day Moses searchin' for the Promised Land
We can go 400 miles before we stop for gas
We could drive for a day and then we'll take a look at the map

Chorus: 

Bridge: We're gonna get out of here
If we gotta ride a Greyhound bus
Boy, we're bound to outrun
The bad luck that's tailin' us

Verse 3: I was out with the boys, catchin' up at a neon light
Didn't know 'til we walked in, it was karaoke night
She was in a circle of girls, chasin' a shot with a lime
She was laughin', they were darin' her to get on the mic
One of 'em walked up and turned in her name
Next thing I knew, man, she was up on the stage, singin'

Chorus: 2: "Heads Carolina, tails California"
Maybe she'd fall for a boy from South Georgia
She's got the bar in the palm of her hand
And she's a '90s country fan like I am
Hey, I got a Chevy, she can flip a quarter
I'd drive her anywhere from here to California
When this song is over, I gotta find her

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Verse 4: Yeah, she knew every word by heart, didn't need no screen, no
I was raisin' my glass up for her, I saw her smilin' at me, yeah
She had me down in the front by the end of verse two
Like there wasn't no-one else in the room, we were singin'

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Beidge 2: Yeah, I bought her a round, and we talked 'til the lights came on
I still see that girl every time I hear that song