Missing Years Lyrics - Little Texas

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