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Atlanta

from Roadkill by Band of Jakeys

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lyrics

Well I was cuttin’ the rug and suckin’ the suds
In a little old Georgia town
There was a honky-tonk band with a honky-tonk hand
They was layin’ the honky-tonk down
It was Pabst Blue Ribbon and old J.D.
And a woman for you and a woman for me
How could I know it would end up in misery

‘Cuz I was fresh off the road after haulin’ a load
That was long and wide and slow
And I was jumpin’ up and down and thumpin’ all around
and pumpin’ up to explode
Well the room was spinnin’ and the people was grinnin’
Getting on down to some serious sinnin’
Blowing that Saturday night to hell and gone

Well that’s when she came rollin’ in
Just as fine as fine could be
And my eyes bugged out and I began to shout
Man there goes the lady for me
And the people said whoa, but I said hey
I’m ready to go don’t you get in my way
And that’s when Atlanta stole my heart away

CHORUS: I said Atlanta, c’mon now let me be
I said Atlanta, c’mon now set me free
I said Atlan’ understand, I got lots to do, I’m a busy man
And Atlanta, you do not figure in my plans

Well spinning around and busting down
And shaking across the floor
And every time I swore I wore her out
She comes thunderin’ back for more
Oh man I was ready to whip out the ring
And get down and give her everything
if she’d only swear that she’d be mine all mine

Well that’s when she says, excuse me
I gotta go powder my nose
And the next thing I know I’m standin’ there sniffin’
The scent of a long-gone Georgia rose
I hupped me down, said where’d she go
And the people said hell man, we don’t know
She’s only done this a thousand times before
CHORUS

So I cursed my luck and jumped in my truck
And I left that place behind
I looked high and low and swore I’d go
Straight outta my cotton pickin’ Yankee mind
I asked every woman and every man
In every pub in Dixieland
And it left me standin’ right where it all began

And that was fifteen years ago
And I ain’t stopped lookin’ yet
And when I ask anybody if they seen my baby
Well they always say you bet
She was here just a minute or an hour before
But where she’s gone to we ain’t sure
and don’t you come ‘round here
Buggin’ us about her no more
CHORUS

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from Roadkill, released July 7, 1996

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Band of Jakeys Prague, Czechia

The Band of Jakeys is a fellowship of like-minded musicians, songwriters and friends. Their story started on the Charles Bridge in the magical city of Prague in the early 1990's. Over the years members have come and gone. Some have left only to return. The current Jakeys line-up is Tony Rose (Scotland), Jimmie Bozeman (LA, USA) and Dalton Stansbury (NC, USA) ... more

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