There’s a special kind of loneliness this song understands—the kind that doesn’t come with tears or drama, just long stretches of silence where your thoughts keep you company. In the Middle of Nowhere isn’t about being lost on a map. It’s about that moment when life feels paused, when you’re standing still while the world keeps moving past you.
What makes it so powerful is how calmly Charley Pride delivers it. He doesn’t beg for sympathy or lean into heartbreak. He simply tells the truth, letting his warm, steady voice do the work. Listening to him feels like sitting next to someone who’s been there before—someone who knows that loneliness doesn’t always need fixing, sometimes it just needs to be acknowledged.
This song fits perfectly into the era when Charley was defining his place in country music: honest, understated, and deeply human. There’s no flashy hook here, just a quiet realism that sneaks up on you. If you’ve ever driven late at night with the radio low, or stared out a window wondering how you ended up here, this song feels like it was written for that exact moment.
“In the Middle of Nowhere” reminds us why Charley Pride mattered—and still does. He sang for people who didn’t always have the right words, but felt everything just the same.
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They had meant for me one last
Time to see my hometown again
Once again go there see the places
Where as a child I’ve been
As I journeyed now it was so
Far out it was almost in
In the middle in the middle of nowhere
Sadness talked with me as I walked
The streets of my memory
Streets that seemed somehow so much smaller
Now than they used to be
Talked of other days when this tiny
Place had been home to me
In the middle in the middle of nowhere
People stared at me in silence
As I walked around
Time had passed till I was
Just a stranger there
Folks had changed so much that no
One even knew me now
In the middle in the middle of nowhere
I went once again to the schoolyard
Where I used to play
Passed the church of mom and daddy
Where they used to pray
Down the dusty road to the churchyard
Where they both now lay
In the middle in the middle of nowhere
As I placed my blue forgetmenots
There on the ground one last time I knelt by
Mom and dad in prayer
Then I said goodbye forever
To that little town
In the middle in the middle of nowhere