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I Don't Want To Go To Georgia

from Denouement by Matthew Connor

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street names, phone numbers, days of the week
the restaurant is closed, there's nothing in the house to eat
and still you promise that savannah is pretty in the spring
but i don't want to go to georgia
and i don't really want to stay here
and i don't want to let you out of my sight for even just a second
you haven't yet unpacked the boxes in the basement
and you're chasing a cherokee rose
and i'm sending all my money in a bottle down the mississippi river
just to see how far it goes
you bought a postcard of a town you'd never heard of at a rest stop
and you left it on the restroom sink
you couldn't think of where to send it to
and you had georgia on your mind, among other things
the sunday morning girls on the avenue lined up like rows of papier-mâché
i know that look that they give you, i used to look at you that way
but there's plenty to be done around here while you're gone
the screen door needs oil, there are frames to be hung
and you call me from a pay phone and it's all i have left
just to fill up that booth with the sound of my breath
and i can never be quiet enough
so it's no use in crying
and it's no use in trying to change your mind
you're going to get whatever you want
you're going to get whatever you want
you're going to get whatever you want
you're going to get whatever you want

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from Denouement, released March 25, 2013

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Matthew Connor Boston, Massachusetts

Matthew Connor is a crooner for the 21st century, writing heart-wrenching songs that combine the windswept ideals of classic American balladry with stark depictions of modern-day alienation. The Boston-based Connor has a haunting voice that conjures ghosts of past heartbreaks, and he pairs it with spectral guitars that recall country tearjerkers and alt-pop brooding.

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