Oh Atlanta 
by Bill Payne
sung by Emmylou Harris



Well, there's a place down Kentucky 
Said right down near Ohio 
You can watch the planes at night 
People line up to watch each flight 

I said a-watchin' them planes 
Well I wish I was on one 
Sittin' here thinkin' 'bout my crazy dream 
If I could only see him tonight 

Oh Atlanta, Oh Atlanta 
Whoah whoah Atlanta 
Got to get back to you 

You can drop me off on Peachtree 
I got to feel that Georgia sun 
And the people in Atlanta 
They make you awful glad you come 

I said a-watchin' them planes 
Well I wish I was on one 
Sittin' here thinkin' 'bout my crazy dream 
If I could only see him tonight 

Oh Atlanta, Oh Atlanta 
Whoah whoah Atlanta 
Got to get back to you 

We'll go down, just you and me 
Where the music plays all night 
They've got the boogie band playin' that's bound for hell 
When they get to movin' they never stop 

They just keep on playin' that down home beat 
(Keep on layin' down harmony) 
Yeah I wish I was on one 
Sittin' here thinkin' 'bout my crazy dream 
If I could only see him tonight