John Mayer Songs - Why Georgia Lyrics

John Mayer - Why Georgia

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Album: Room For Squares
Released: 2002

Why Georgia Lyrics

I am driving up 85 in the
Kind of morning that lasts all afternoon
Just stuck inside the gloom
4 more exits to my apartment but
I am tempted to keep the car in drive
And leave it all behind

Cause I wonder sometimes
About the outcome
Of a still verdictless life

[Chorus]
Am I living it right?
Am I living it right?
Am I living it right?
Why, Why Georgia, why?

I rent a room and I fill the spaces with
Wood in places to make it feel like home
But all I feel's alone
It might be a quarter life crisis
Or just the stirring in my soul

Either way I wonder sometimes
About the outcome
Of a still verdictless life

[Chorus]

So what, so I've got a smile on
But it's hiding the quiet superstitions in my head
Don't believe me
Don't believe me
When I say I've got it down

Everybody is just a stranger but
That's the danger in going my own way
I guess it's the price I have to pay
Still "everything happens for a reason"
Is no reason not to ask myself

[Chorus]

Writer/s: JOHN MAYER
Publisher: REACH MUSIC PUBLISHING
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Why Georgia

This song is about a growing trend among the North American population. After graduating from university, adults are now going through second adolescence since, for the most part, they wait until their 30s to get settle down, get married and have kids. This explores these feelings of drifting, feeling like you don't really have a purpose in your life.

Mayer wrote this song when he was living in Atlanta, Georgia. He was having his doubts on whether he would be successful and if he should leave Atlanta. In the song, he states that he's tempted to keep driving in the car and leave everything behind.