I'm walking the long road to Georgia,
Yeah, the long road that's taking me back.
Gonna live in the hills, far away in the hills,
And I'm gonna dress in black.

Way high in the hills in Georgia,
Gonna live in an old tin shack.
Nobody I'll see and no one will see me
And I'm gonna dress in black.

'Cause I went down big city,
Had money, had money in my sack,
Found a girl so fine I thought she was mine,
But she left me without my shirt to my back.

Way out in the hills in Georgia,
I'll live in my old tin shack.
I'll think of the time that woman was mine
And I'm gonna dress in black, yeah.

'Cause I went, I went down the big city,
I had money, had money in my sack,
Found a girl so fine I thought she was mine,
But she left me without my shirt to my back.

Yeah, way out, way out in the hills in Georgia
I'll live in my old tin shack.
I'm gonna think of the time that woman was mine
And I'm gonna dress in black.

Yeah, I'm gonna dress in black,
Oh yeah, I'm gonna, I'm gonna dress in black,
Baby, I