These days I'm laying low in San Diego And you know that's where the sun shines all the time Every now and then I get a bad jones to go home So I call some old friends of mine And they ask me if I like the place I'm livin' in I tell 'em California's pretty happenin' But buddy outta everywhere I've been I should've stopped in Wichita That was where I had it all There's a woman there with brown hair Who never did on thing wrong I wonder what she's doin' now I wonder how her life turned out Sure I got to see it all But I should've stopped in Wichita I come from a long, long line of dreamers, leavers Coulda been the gypsy in my blood Maybe I just saw one too many wheat fields, big deal Maybe it got too close to love That was when I thought I had it figured out Wasn't really ready then to settle down Wish I knew back then what I know now I should've stopped in Wichita That was where I had it all There's a woman there with brown hair Who never did on thing wrong I wonder where we'd be by now How it would've all turned out Yeah I got to see it all But I should've stopped in Wichita I guess there's nothin' left to do now But just get on with my life somehow So I keep rollin' I should've stopped in Wichita Back where I still had it all There's a woman there with brown hair Who never did a damn thing wrong I wonder where we'd be by now Yeah I got to see it all But I shoulda stopped in Wichita I shoulda stopped in Wichita