It's daylight in Nashville you're still sleeping on the coast
If there's someone on your mind it's this California ghost
Cause this ribbon of memory is all that's left to tie your mind
And this California ghost is still in Nashville picking time

I've picked in Printer's Alley till there's nothing left to pick
But to leave here never knowing that one day I might've hit
Your leaving took a part of me but the spirit's still behind
And this California ghost is still in Nashville picking time

[ steel ]
It's ten o'clock in Nashville but it's just seven on the coast
I'm on my second jug of wine you'll be havin' coffee and toast
I know you still love me but I'm just a shadow in your mind
Cause this California ghost is still in Nashville picking time