Back Home In Georgia Jerry Reed

"Back Home In Georgia" by Jerry Reed is a country song from 1973 that expresses nostalgia for the singer's southern roots and the comfort of home. The lyrics evoke themes of longing, pride in one's heritage, and the simple joys of life in Georgia. Musically, it features Reed's signature fingerpicking guitar style. #Country

Livin' in a five room suite air conditioned and central heat
Fourteen floors above the traffic's roar
Gazin' out a penthouse view got a built-in bar a color TV too
In all my dreams I never asked for more

But I find I was wrong in dreamin' where all my plans and all my schemin'
Just ain't brought this old boy peace of mind
And this fancy world that I'm a part of somehow don’t have the heart of
The place called home that I left far behind

And I wish I was back home in Georgia back home in Georgia
Instead of this big old city all alone
Yes I wish I was back home in Georgia back home in Georgia
Where there's a little more understandin' and the world ain’t so demandin'
And my baby waits for me to come back home

I promised her I'd be back in fancy clothes a big Cadillac
And make her queen of all that I surveyed
But every time I think I'm free well there's another mountain callin' me
And I'm stuck back here for another lonely day

Yes I wish I was back home in Georgia...

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