Macon, Georgia

Just wrote this song about thirty minutes ago. It was one of the quick ones. Sometimes it’s like they write themselves. I just pour them out on the screen.

It started with a line that came to me…walkin’ streets in rain at night in Macon, Georgia…(I don’t know why Macon).

You can expect these from time to time. Writing songs is a passion. Sometimes I take them from mere words in my head to fruition and record them with my guitar.

I keep my songs stored in Google Docs (I have managed to learn enough of that tech to get by). I also print copies and keep them in a binder. I think I have close to two-hundred in there now.

As you read it, try to hear a bluesy, country sound, maybe Chris Stapleton’s voice, or Steve Wariner, Tom T. Hall perhaps…And stay tuned as I may end up adding guitar and recording…

Macon, Georgia

Chorus

Walkin’ streets in rain at night in Macon, Georgia

Just tryin’ to get a little sense of where I need to go

The bus just left the station, she was on it, Lord, leavin’ Macon, Georgia

Five more hours ’til sunup, guess I’ll head on down this weathered road

There’s an old man in a cardboard box, starin’ out into the rain

How many miles did he go before he ended up right here

Suppose he finally gave it up, lookin’ for his life to finally change

Hope I don’t end up like him, waitin’ for gray skies to finally clear

Repeat Chorus

You know the last thing that she said to me as she was stepping up into the Greyhound

She said, find yourself, find someone, find your life, wish I’d found it with ya

Then she sighed and went on in, the door closed, man, it’s really hit me now

I watched her ’til her tail lights disappeared, damn this rain can really chill ya

Repeat chorus

Bridge

If I make it down another street, there will be another

And one more after that, they go rolling on as Macon, Georgia thunders

Repeat Chorus

Todd Autry March 13, 2025