[Intro] (Instrumental Solo) [Verse 1] Dust on bare heels on the red dirt road Pine boughs and sand was the only world he had known Swamp, creeks and rivers where the crawdads hide God, Country and family was the only law inside [Chorus] That Georgia clay couldn't weigh him down Bright city glow was the call he found Trade the crickets for the freeways You can leave the ground but you don't leave where you're from Ellabell still beats in every song No matter how far or how long he's gone [Verse 2] Main street died long before he turned sixteen Dreams grew taller than the old oak screen He was longing for something, this town could not give. [Chorus] That Georgia clay couldn't weigh him down Bright city glow was the call he found Trade the crickets for the freeways You can leave the ground but you don't leave where you're from Ellabell still beats in every song No matter how far or how long he's gone [Verse 3] That old town ain't the one that he remembers Same hard ghosts still hang around the center Prejudice thick as the summer heat Some roots you don't water, you just cut them clean [Chorus] That Georgia clay couldn't weigh him down Bright city glow was the call he found Trade the crickets for the freeways You can leave the ground but you don't leave where you're from Ellabell still beats in every song No matter how far or how long he's gone [Bridge] West wind carries him over the state line Pacific salt on his skin for the very first time Fame, fortune, whatever the road may bring He carries the dirt, but he carries his dreams [Chorus] That Georgia clay couldn't weigh him down Bright city glow was the call he found Trade the crickets for the freeways You can leave the ground but you don't leave where you're from Ellabell still beats in every song No matter how far or how long he's gone [Outro] Los Angeles lights burn gold through the dark Country boy heart, finally got free to make a new start (Instrumental Solo) [Chorus] That Georgia clay couldn't weigh him down Bright city glow was the call he found Trade the crickets for the freeways You can leave the ground but you don't leave where you're from Ellabell still beats in every song No matter how far or how long he's gone But through it all, he's still Georgia at heart. He's still Ellebelle Georgia at heart.