Story Behind The Song

The writer's wife would sometimes misplace something and when she found it would say, "I found it in the last place I looked!" He thought that sometimes we find things we weren't even looking for and worked it into a song.

Song Description

About a frantic, busy young man who was disorganized and frequently lost things.

Lyrics

THE LAST PLACE HE LOOKED


(verse) Joe lost his key ring, couldn't start his car
He searched all his pockets, then the cookie jar
They weren't on the coffee table or the kitchen stove
Where had he left his keys, the last time he drove?
He ran to the barn and jumped into his truck
There he found his key ring, in the last place he looked

(chorus) THE LAST PLACE HE LOOKED, THE LAST PLACE HE LOOKED
Joe found everything, in THE LAST PLACE HE LOOKED
He was absentminded, but at last he found
His lost key ring, in THE LAST PLACE HE LOOKED

(verse) Joe got in a jam, couldn't pay his bills
He bought too many gifts to give to his girl
After his truck was repossesed, he turned cold and mean
His girl said, "Repent, and change your routine"
One (That) day, when it rained, he sought shelter in a church
There he found Jesus, in the last place he looked

(chorus) THE LAST PLACE HE LOOKED, THE LAST PLACE HE LOOKED
Joe found everything, in THE LAST PLACE HE LOOKED
He was disorganized, but at last he found
Love for Jesus, in THE LAST PLACE HE LOOKED

(bridge) Those things we lose but never find
Keep coming back to tease our minds
And won't let go, they won't let go

(repeat chorus)

(tag) Joe was disorganized, but at last he found
Peace with Jesus, in THE LAST PLACE HE LOOKED

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