GET ME OUT OF ATLANTA - Jt's Song of the Week 3-12-25

GET ME OUT OF ATLANTA
Copyright © John thomas Oaks, Caliora Music Publishing, ASCAP
Video footage from Pexels by: Nino Souza, Mike Bird, Tom Fisk, and Cottonbro Studio

Hey, hey, hey Georgia! The show must go on
I guess you never heard that in this town
There’s smokin’ wreckage all around me
So I can’t put the hammer down
I’ve taken 87 detours
I even cut through somebody’s lawn
I hit the city line at lunch
But I won’t be leavin’ till it’s dawn

Hey, hey, hey Georgia! You got problems
Of the armageddon kind
It’s anybody’s guess how drivin’ here
Wouldn’t make you lose your mind
The scene is post-apocalyptic
Ain’t no tellin’ what’s ahead
I’m feelin’ like Rick Grimes
In season 1 of THE WALKING DEAD

Get me out of Atlanta
don’t need to slow my roll
And I’m about to cross this town right off my list
Get me out of Atlanta
Georgia’s suckin’ out my soul
The curtain’s goin’ up without me and I’m…
Mad

Hey, hey, hey Georgia! The longer I stay here
The more my smile turns to a frown
Your drivers lose their skills entirely
When the rain comes pourin’ down
Now I ain’t judgin’ anybody
Your southern charm is sugar sweet
But you gotta stop shuttin’ down your highways
‘Cause there’s a puddle on the street

Get me out of Atlanta
I’m about to lose my cool
And any shred of will I had left to exist
Get me out of Atlanta
Y’all go back to driving school
The curtain’s goin’ up without me and I’m...
Angry
The curtain’s goin’ up without me and I’m...
Mad