Where Have I Been All My Life

Album: Twang (2009)
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Songfacts®:

  • In this song, George Strait gains an appreciation for all the things he disregarded in his younger years - even broccoli doesn't taste so bad anymore.

    The song was written by the Nashville denizens Steve Williams, Sherrié Austin and Wil Nance. In his Songfacts interview, Nance, he said: "Everything in that song is real. When you're singing, 'Some years are clear and some are kind of blurry. Mom and dad sure got old in a hurry,' I mean, how real is that?"
  • This is one of those songs that mentions another song, as we hear about Straight listening to "What A Wonderful World" by Louis Armstrong, and finally getting it, as it brings a tear to his eye.

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