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Georgia On My Mind

This version of Georgia On My Mind was released by The Band in 1977.

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Georgia, mmm Georgia, the whole day through
There’s that old sweet song that keeps you, Georgia, on my mind

Oh Georgia, mmm Georgia, the song of you
Comes as sweet and clear just like moonlight through the pines

Other arms reach out for me
And other eyes have smiles tenderly
But still in peaceful dreams I see
That the road, the road leads back to you

Oh hey Georgia, ooh Georgia, no peace, no peace I find
And there’s still this old sweet song that keeps you, Georgia, on my mind
There’s that old sweet song that keeps you, Georgia, on my mind
That keeps you, Georgia, on my mind

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The lyrics to Georgia On My Mind are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that The Band used when the song was created in 1977. The lyrics to Georgia On My Mind have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only The Band and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Georgia On My Mind by The Band. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Georgia On My Mind" means the words set to the music of Georgia On My Mind, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Band. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Georgia On My Mind and the lyrics to Georgia On My Mind are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Band who came here looking just for the lyrics to Georgia On My Mind, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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