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Song title: Goin' back to Georgia


Goin' back to Georgia

Well I'm goin back to Georgia
To spend my last few years
Away from the sadness and the tears
Well I've been out to San Francisco
Well I travelled on down to L.A.
Still only one place that I can stay

With my last few dollars
And I'm gonna bring my last few dimes
Goin' back to Georgia
And I'm goin' back one more
And I'm goin' back one more time

Well I went up to New York City
And I've been out the Chicago loop
Still only one place that I found truth
When I sailed down the Mississippi
Well I gambled in New Orleans
Still no finer site I ever seen

With my last few dollars
And I'm gonna bring my last few dimes Goin back to Georgia
And I'm goin' back one more time
And I'm goin' back one more time

Well I'm goin back to Georgia
Spend my last few years
Away from the sadness and the tears
And I'm goin' back to Georgia
Said I'm goin' back to Georgia
And I'm goin' back to Georgia
Said I'm goin' back to Georgia
You know I'm goin' back to Georgia

With my last few dollars
And I'm gonna bring my last few dimes
Goin' back to Georgia
And I'm goin' back one more time
and I'm goin' back one more time
And I'm goin' back one more time
Said we're goin' back one more time

Notes: Steel Mill 1970. Recorded at the Fillmore studios in Feb 1970.


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This song has never been published on any official release.

Very few performances of this songs are known (to me, at least!):
 - 01/02/1970 Monmouth College, Long Branch,NJ ,USA during the Child / Steel Mill Period
   note: this date is only indicative of the general period
 - 28/02/1970 Free University, Richmond,VA ,USA during the Child / Steel Mill Period
 - 24/04/1970 Monmouth College, Long Branch,NJ ,USA during the Child / Steel Mill Period
 - 01/08/1970 ????, Richmond,VA ,USA during the Child / Steel Mill Period
 - 14/08/1970 7Th And Marshall Street Parking, Richmond,VA ,USA during the Child / Steel Mill Period
 - 25/09/1970 Monmouth College, Long Branch,NJ ,USA during the Child / Steel Mill Period
 - 11/10/1970 Mosque Theatre, Richmond,VA ,USA during the Child / Steel Mill Period
 - 17/10/1970 Monmouth College, Long Branch,NJ ,USA during the Child / Steel Mill Period
 - 18/01/1971 D' Scene, Sayreville,NJ ,USA during the Child / Steel Mill Period
 - 14/05/1971 Sunshine In, Asbury Park,NJ ,USA during the "Jamming" pre-BSB period
 - 15/05/1971 Newark State University, Union,NJ ,USA during the "Jamming" pre-BSB period
 - 10/07/1971 Brookdale Community College, Lincroft,NJ ,USA during the BSB period
 - 17/03/1972 Richmond Arena, Richmond,VA ,USA during the BSB period

Data from the www.brucespringsteen.it database
First known live performance: 01/02/1970 Monmouth College, Long Branch,NJ ,USA
Last known live performance: 17/03/1972 Richmond Arena, Richmond,VA ,USA

Song 'history':

During the early years (1965-1972), played live (at least) 9 time(s) during the Child/Steel Mill period, 2 time(s) during the 'jamming period' while forming the Bruce Springsteen Band, 2 time(s) with the Bruce Springsteen Band. .
Keep in mind that only a small amount of the setlists of these years has surfaced, so it may have been played a lot more.
Apart from the above live performances, the song was recorded in 1970 during the only known studio session with the Steel Mill group, at the Fillmore studios in Feb 1970.
Data from the www.brucespringsteen.it database