On the Greyhound bus trip home I was feelin' all alone

When a long haired gal sat down next to me

She said she was Atlanta bound kill some time maybe kick around

Cause it sounded like a friendly place to be

From Chicago to Kentucky we just talked awhile

And somewhere in between I was captured by her smile

But while I left the bus in Nashville HAS BEEN a mistery till today

Cause for two years I've been TRACKING' down that Atlanta Georgia stray

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Well she said all living things have a secret pair of wings

And I'm of the lucky ones who learned to fly

Though I don't even know your name I can tell we're much the same

Cause you've got that faraway look in your eyes

Right then I knew I'd found what I've been searching for

And by the tears that filled her eyes she felt the same I'm almost sure

But while I left the bus in Nashville HAS BEEN a mistery till today

Cause for two years I've been TRACKING' down that Atlanta Georgia stray

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Well I'm flat broke once again I haven't eaten in God knows when

And the weather is the showing signs of rain

I gotta make it in the town hit the clubs and ask around

Even though the answers all will be the same

Well I'd walk a mile for every word I spoke into

And up to now I haven't come across one little single proof

Cause when I left the bus in Nashville why it was my favorite way

Cause for two years I've been TRACKING' down that Atlanta Georgia stray

(That Atlanta Georgia stray Atlanta Georgia stray)