Was damn sure worth looking for
Made my way from the Carolinas
A smile and a wave from old Sonny
To think there had to be something more
What makes a place a home
Wandered up and down the coast
Trying to find my place in the sun
So I hit the road, that lonely, lonesome road
'Cause five minutes after graduation
To this one lane gravel road
Like I hadn't missed a day
And whatever I was missing
Made my way into the Carolinas
And I got lost in Arizona
'Cause it dawned on me, what I left right here
Met a girl in Oklahoma
Well, it sure ain't much to look at
But the roots that run beneath it
'Cause I got lost in Arizona
Is what I'd been missing in my missing years
Wandered up and down the coast
Turns out that she was not the one
Are what make it sacred ground
It's the smell of the morning coffee
Till it dawned on me, what I'd left right here
Trying to find my place in the sun
Made my way into the Carolinas
Till it dawned on me, what I'd left right here
Was the first one in four generations
And what I'd been missing in my missing years
Met a girl in Oklahoma
And I've seen enough to know
Just a dusty drive through town
At the Liberty Cafe
Turns out, she was not the one
I blew out of here like the wind
And what I'd been missing in my missing years
