Chattahoochee

Alan Jackson, Jim McBride

"Jim McBride and I were trying to write an up-tempo song and Jim came in with
the line, "way down yonder on the Chattahoochee." It kind of went from there.
It's a song about having fun, growing up, and becoming of age in a small town -
which really applies to anyone across the country, not just by the Chattahoochee.
We never thought it would be as big as it's become."

Way down yonder on the Chattahoochee
It gets hotter than a hoochie coochie
We laid rubber on the Georgia asphalt
Got a little crazy but we never got caught

Chorus

Down by the river on a Friday night
Pyramid of cans in the pale moonlight
Talking 'bout cars and dreamin' 'bout women
Never had a plan, just a livin' for the minute
Yeah way down yonder on the Chattahoochee
Never knew how much that muddy water meant to me
But I learned how to swim and I learned who I was
A lot about livin' and a little 'bout love


Well we fogged up the windows in my old Chevy
I was willin' but she wasn't ready
So I settled for a burger and a grape sno-cone
I dropped her off early but I didn't go home

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(First and Second Verses)

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