I BET YOU
NEVER THOUGHT
YOU'D SEE ME
'ROUND THESE PARTS
AGAIN
'CAUSE FIVE MINUTES
AFTER GRADUATION
I BLEW OUT OF HERE
LIKE THE WIND
I WAS THE FIRST ONE
IN FOUR GENERATIONS
TO THINK THERE
HAD TO BE
SOMETHING MORE
AND WHATEVER
I WAS MISSING
WAS DAMN SURE
WORTH LOOKING FOR
SO I HIT THE ROAD
THAT LONELY
LONESOME ROAD
AND I GOT LOST
IN ARIZONA
TRYING TO FIND
MY PLACE IN THE SUN
MET A GIRL
IN OKLAHOMA
TURNS OUT
SHE WAS NOT THE ONE
MADE MY WAY
TO THE CAROLINAS
WANDERED UP
AND DOWN THE COAST
TILL IT DAWNED ON ME
WHAT I'D LEFT
RIGHT HERE
AND WHAT I'D
BEEN MISSING
IN MY MISSING YEARS
IT'S THE SMELL OF THE
MORNING COFFEE
AT THE LIBERTY CAFE'
A SMILE AND A WAVE
FROM OLD SONNY
LIKE I HADN'T MISSED
A DAY
WELL IT SURE AIN'T
MUCH TO LOOK AT
JUST A DUSTY DRIVE
THROUGH TOWN
BUT THE ROOTS
THAT RUN BENEATH IT
ARE WHAT MAKE IT
SACRED GROUND
I'VE SEEN ENOUGH
TO KNOW
WHAT MAKES A PLACE
A HOME
'CAUSE I GOT LOST
IN ARIZONA
TRYING TO FIND
MY PLACE IN THE SUN
MET A GIRL
IN OKLAHOMA
TURNS OUT
THAT SHE WAS NOT
THE ONE
MADE MY WAY TO THE
CAROLINAS
WANDERED UP
AND DOWN THE COAST
TILL IT DAWNED ON ME
WHAT I'D LEFT
RIGHT HERE
AND WHAT I'D BEEN
MISSING
IN MY MISSING YEARS
MADE MY WAY
FROM THE CAROLINAS
TO THIS ONE LANE
GRAVEL ROAD
'CAUSE IT DAWNED
ON ME
WHAT I LEFT RIGHT HERE
IS WHAT I'D BEEN
MISSING
IN MY MISSING YEARS