Georgia

Lamps in the windows burnin' bright, over in Santa Fe tonight
 Full moon shining down along the border
 But the ground is hard and the night is black
 Over here by the railroad track
 And I wish to the Lord that I was back in Georgia
 Blue water in the evening sun,
 Calling me when the day is done
 Mama mama pray for your son
 All of my life I've been told
 That the LA streets was paved with gold
 Fame and fortune waiting to reward ya
 But it didn't take long to understand
 California ain't the promised land
 But at least a man's a man in Georgia
 Blue skys in the mornin' there
 And there's green trees and breathin' air
 Rockabye in my easy chair
 Well the St. Marys River in the Georgia moonlight
 Flowing under the Folkston Bridge
 The sun comes up through the long leaf pine trees
 Over 'round the Kingsland ridge
 I may be here but my mind is still
 About 90 miles north of Jacksonville
 Well I may not make it, it's a long long road
 But mama I've paid all the debts I owe
 And if I don't you know they gonna find me tryin'
 They took my songs and they took my soul
 They made me hard and they made me old
 Hell I just been born, but I feel just like I'm dying
 (refrain)