Going to Georgia

The Mountain Goats * Track #18 On Zopilote Machine

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Going to Georgia by The Mountain Goats

Performed by

The Mountain Goats

Produced by

John Darnielle

Writed by

John Darnielle

About

Track #18 on The Mountain Goats‘ debut studio album Zopilote Machine.

In his Tiny Desk Concert for NPR, Darnielle introduced the song with this:

Yeah, alright. (starts and then stops playing) The thing is, about this song… The thing is about this song, uh, when… I mean, I still am a young man and...

Going to Georgia Lyrics

[Verse 1]
The most remarkable thing about coming home to you
Is the feeling of being in motion again;
It's the most extraordinary thing in the world

I have two big hands
And a heart pumping blood
And a 1967 Colt .45 with a busted safety catch

[Refrain]
The world shines
As I cross the Macon county line
Going to Georgia

[Verse 2]
The most remarkable thing about you standing in the doorway
Is that it's you and that you are standing in the doorway
And you smile as you ease the gun from my hand
I am frozen with joy right where I stand

The world throws its light underneath your hair
Forty miles from Atlanta
This is nowhere
Going to Georgia

[Refrain]
The world shines
As I cross the Macon county line
Going to Georgia

Going to Georgia Q&A

Who wrote Going to Georgia's ?

Going to Georgia was written by John Darnielle.

Who produced Going to Georgia's ?

Going to Georgia was produced by John Darnielle.

What did The Mountain Goats say about "Going to Georgia"?

John Darnielle before playing this song at the Rio Theater in Vancouver, BC on June 22, 2012:

“I honestly don’t want to play Going to Georgia ever again. I really confronted my old catalog because I began getting more and more engaged with my feminism, and I think Going to Georgia is a bullshit son...

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