Back to Georgia
Rediscovering Home: Stephen Day's Journey Back to Georgia
Lyrics
When was the last time that you called your sister
Questioning when the listener last communicated with their sister.
On the phone instead of texting her a picture that’s a joke
Expressing a preference for personal communication over digital exchanges.
You don’t know do you boy
Suggesting the listener is unaware of the answer.
You don’t care anymore
Indicating a lack of concern or emotional investment.
So it seems
Implies a perception of emotional detachment or indifference.
You better drop everything
Encouraging immediate action to address the situation.
You gotta get back
Repeated emphasis on the necessity to return to Georgia urgently.
Gotta get back
-Gotta get back to Georgia
-You gotta get back
-Gotta get back
-Gotta get back before ya
-Been gone too long
Warning that being away for too long has consequences.
Son it’s all moving on
Implying that time is passing, and things are changing.
You see old pictures on the shelf
Observing old photographs, suggesting nostalgia or reflection.
You’re not feeling like yourself
Expressing a sense of disconnection or unease.
You been running and becoming someone else
Noticing personal transformation, possibly unwelcome or unintended.
That you don’t know anymore
Conveying a sense of self-estrangement and identity crisis.
You don’t care like the boy you used to be
Comparing the listener's current state to their past self, highlighting apathy.
You better drop everything
Reiterating the urgency to take immediate action.
You gotta get back
Repetition of the importance of returning to Georgia.
Gotta get back
-Gotta get back to Georgia
-You gotta get back
-Gotta get back
-Gotta get back before ya
-Been gone too long
Warning again about the consequences of prolonged absence.
Son it’s all moving on
Reiterating the inevitability of change and progression.
Around here
Referencing the absence of the listener in the local community.
And it’s wrong without ya
Expressing the feeling of something being wrong without the listener.
It’s hard to say out loud
Acknowledging the difficulty of admitting the absence's impact.
But you’re a stranger now
Describing the listener as a stranger due to their prolonged absence.
Come on back
Encouraging the listener to return.
Come on back
-Gotta get back
Repeated urgency to return to Georgia.
Gotta get back
-Gotta get back to Georgia
-You gotta get back
-Gotta get back
-Gotta get back to Georgia
-You gotta get back
Reinforcing the need to return before the consequences become irreversible.
Gotta get back
-Gotta get back before ya
-Been gone too long
-Son it’s all moving on
Final emphasis on the inevitability of change and progression.
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