Goodbye Georgia Lyrics

Goodbye Georgia

Goodbye Georgia, I fare thee well beneath the street lights where you sleep
I leave you to the ocean, the waters that surround you
I will not be here when you wake

I’ve seen too much trouble, too much greed
I’ve let myself decay on these streets
I cannot stay here any longer
Or to sweet Georgia I would surrender

Goodbye Georgia I fare thee well, perhaps some day you’ll turn and repent
I leave to see what might be changed
To gain perspective away from this place

Are these hands all I have to hope upon
They bring me stones for thirst and I can’t trust them anymore
So I crawl back to Sister Maragaret, put my head upon her chest and say
Will you love me again until I love
Until I love myself

Goodbye Georgia, I fare thee well beneath the street lights where you sleep
I leave you to the ocean, the waters that surround you
I will not be here when you wake

2003 GRASSROOTS REVIEW:

This week we'll take a look at The Restoration Project's Goodbye Georgia, from their album So Much Beautiful. This is a haunting, somewhat ethereal piece that certainly lives up to its album title. It is a song of loss and longing for redemption and maintains great energy in this live rendering, sort of Sarah McLaughlin meets Jars of Clay.
The fingerings for the chords are pretty basic; I don't think there are any that we haven't covered before. Even a beginner or someone with small hands should have no difficulty with them.

One of the things worth noting is the space that each instrument gives the other. You get a pretty good sense of what a healthy band is supposed to sound like. By that I mean that this group is playing together in a way that complements the song instead of drawing attention to themselves. This is a harder thing to learn than one might think. When you listen, try to hear what the band accomplishes dynamically and how they do this. The song begins with just the rhythm acoustic and then gradually blends in the lead guitar and piano. All parts then give way to the vocals when the time comes, restraining themselves just enough to both maintain the atmosphere they've created and not distract from the song.

The best bands and the ones who last the longest are those that do this well. Each person has a distinct voice, but they know how to work together for the good of the song. Take any great band, like U2 for instance. The parts they each come up with are incredibly distinct - you know who is playing bass because it sounds like Adam, same with the drums, guitar and of course the voice, but nothing, no one steps on the others' toes. And the point of all their efforts is to accomplish one thing - draw the listener in - get his attention so the ideas in the song will be communicated unmistakably. Then just master the art of pairing lyrics with music, and you'll have yourself a career!