Georgia to Texas

504 black girl carried me In her womb to the land of the peach Her birthin' pains brought me low But she held me high on Peach Tree Road Got mother's eyes and my father's nose Also got brother's hand-me-down clothes We had no green but the love was strong It was all we needed to get us along Get us along Left ATL for the Texas way We drove 20 East in my daddy's '88 I learned in school I didn't measure up I fell short of what true blackness was Mama talked a righteous way I said "Down that path Lord's been astray" Paid for love on a crescent moon In that Oklahoma motel room Carrie taught me chords to strum They got me through and I felt numb 504 black girl 504 black girl carried me 504 black girl, black girl 504 black girl carried me 504 black girl carried me 504 black girl carried me --- Georgia to Texas - Leon Bridges