Gene Watson Song Lyrics

Gene Watson is truly a 'Lone Star Hero' & has been singing professionally since the late 1950s & has been a country music (album) recording artist since the late 1960s.  Gene was one of the first artists to adhere to, and remain faithful to, a 'hard' traditional country sound.



The music of Gene Watson is part of the very constitution of country music.  It is in Gene Watson's country music recordings that the tradition of heartfelt, genuine country music is preserved for all time.

Gene Watson steps into a recording studio, takes his place behind the microphone, and magic happens.

Gene Watson's contribution to the country music genre is immeasurable & it is here that you will find the lyrics of 'Atlanta anymore'.

'Atlanta anymore'
Written by C. Craig & Keith Stegall
Published by BMI

Inside a suit coat pocket in the back of his closet today
She found a letter among the bills he forgot to pay
It was addressed to a woman
A name she'd never seen before
It started out, 'I'm sorry
But I won't be in Atlanta anymore

As she read the words he'd written
She found it hard to believe her eyes
At first she was angry then slowly she began to cry
'Cause somewhere down in Georgia
He'd taken off the wedding ring he wore
And it didn't help a whole lot knowin'
That he won't be in Atlanta anymore

He said 'I won't be in Atlanta anymore
And I'm sorry that I lied to you before
The truth is I got a wife and two children, three and four
And I won't be in Atlanta anymore'

At the bottom of the last page
He'll never know the PS that she wrote
'Cause she folded up the pages
And slipped them back into the envelope
Then she took the goodbye letter
And dropped it in the mailbox on the porch
She thought, the woman ought to know
That Atlanta's not a secret anymore

She wrote, 'he won't be in Atlanta anymore
And I don't know why he lied to you before
But, God knows, I love him and I'm just makin' sure
That he won't be in Atlanta anymore'
He wrote it and she mailed it
He won't be in Atlanta anymore

'Atlanta anymore' was originally included on the following album:

'Starting New Memories' Epic Records (1988)

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