so i went down to georgia i was on the fence about whether i was coming home and i know now better than before i don t know lord what i m looking for in his red red rocking chair sitting on the porch picking as the bottle runs dry and i go there for the free beer i don t know lord what i m doing here there s a train waiting as i walk tracks freddy a callin me so i climbed on bottle in my hand why i left lord i ll never understand so i took that ride back to tennessee through the dark the wind and the rain i call that a ride the depths of the wind goes to show you just can t win singin oh my caroline i never should have left and you shoulda never stayed with me gal and i know now there s two ways to be live in love or die in misery oh when i went down to georgia i was on the fence about whether i was coming home and i know now better than before i don t know lord what i m looking for and i know now better than before i don t know lord what i m looking for