EIGHTY MILES OUTSIDE OF ATLANTA
From the film "Something For The Boys" (1944)
(Music: Jimmy McHugh / Lyrics: Harold Adamson)


Viviane Blaine (feat. in the film "Something For The Boys") - 1944
Mitzi Gaynor (feat. in the film "Bloodhounds Of Broadway") - 1952



As performed by MITZI GAYNOR:

There's a spot you ought to visit
If you don't mind hicks
And if you should ask, "Where is it?"
It's way out in the sticks
 
'Bout eighty miles outside of Atlanta 
They live in a lazy kind of way
'Bout eighty miles outside of Atlanta, G-A

They never worry, they ain't in a hurry
Because they know they're gonna stay
'Bout eighty miles outside of Atlanta, G-A

They got the kinda doors that never ain't had no lockin'
All they got they're perfectly willin' to share
They ain't got nothin'

They can't hear old opportunity a-knockin'
While they're rockin' theirselves to sleep
In the rockin' chair, in the rockin' chair

The folks that'll meet ya, the people that'll greet ya
They sort of politely swing and sway
'Bout eighty miles outside of Atlanta, G-A

(B-C-D-E-F-K-Hey!)

'Bout eighty miles outside of Atlanta 
They live in a lazy kind of way
'Bout eighty miles outside of Atlanta, G-A

The folks who meet ya, the people who greet ya
They sort of politely swing and sway
'Bout eighty miles outside of Atlanta, G-A

They got doors that never had any lockin'
All they got they're perfectly willin' to share
They can't hear old opportunity knockin'
While they're rockin' theirselves to sleep
In that old rockin' chair

They never worry, they ain't in a hurry
Because they know they're gonna stay
'Bout eighty miles outside of Atlanta, G-A

Gonna leave my cares behind me
You can always find me
In Atlanta, Atlanta, Atlanta-lanta, G-A, G-A, G-A






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - September 2011)