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      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 into 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   And 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 into 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   What I'd be missing in my missing years