Intro: (x4) Verse Headin' west on twenty, just past Birmingham Not sure where I'm going, I just can't turn back again And I got headlights on the highway, I gotta heart that's away back home And a picture of a life I lost to remind me why I'm gone And that's why I left Atlanta I drove away in a early mornin' haze Yes that's why I left Atlanta Me and Georgia seen our better days Verse Settled outside the city, and bought a house and a little land Built our hopes on dreamin', til those dreams got out of hand And I was after something, I could never be I guess she finally grew too tired of waitin' 'round on me And that's why I left Atlanta I drove away in a early mornin' haze Yes that's why I left Atlanta Me and Georgia seen our better days Bridge I wish you could've held on a little longer I wish I could've been a little stronger Verse God knows things don't always, work out like you plan Well I could, tell you my story, I just don't know how it will end So I'll keep right on drivin' till I, run out of gas And start again where I end up ain't no use in lookin' back Outro (x2) Me and Georgia seen our better days