my adopted hometown

a cup of good strong coffee

and I'm lost in memory

feeling kind of lonesome

for where I used to be

I was not born and raised there

but I'm always hanging around

in my adopted hometown

sometimes I remember

the faces of old friends

lately in my nightly dreams

I'm seeing them again

I'm counting all my blessings

for the peace that I once found

in my adopted hometown

          in my adopted hometown

          in my adopted hometown

          if I could, I'd settle down

          in my adopted hometown

the sunrise in the country hills

bluebonnets in the wild

musicians everywhere you go

the way the ladies smile

waiting for a moonlit night

just around sundown

in my adopted hometown

          in my adopted hometown

          in my adopted hometown

          if I could, I'd settle down

          in my adopted hometown

I always thought that I would

end up there one day

I cannot fully explain

just why I moved away

I pray someday I will return

to my place of sacred ground

in my adopted hometown

          in my adopted hometown

          in my adopted hometown

          if I could, I'd settle down

          in my adopted hometown