Bury Me in Georgia – English Lyrics

• By: Kane Brown
• Album: Different Man

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

(gentle music)

♪ Bury me in Georgia ♪

(upbeat music)

♪ 10 miles outta Chattanooga ♪

♪ South of that state line ♪

♪ There's a no-name road off Highway 2 ♪

♪ Just past the welcome sign ♪

♪ It's where I was born ♪

♪ It's where I was raised ♪

♪ Ain't sayin' I'm ready yet ♪

♪ But that's the place ♪

♪ I wanna be ♪

♪ After my last breath ♪

♪ Bury me in Georgia ♪

♪ Lemme rest in peace ♪

♪ Underneath the pines ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪

♪ Where my roots run deep ♪

♪ When it's my day ♪

♪ Put me in that clay ♪

♪ And remember what I told ya ♪

♪ When I die ♪

♪ Bury me in Georgia ♪

♪ Yeah, I don't care what color my suit is ♪

♪ Or what shoes y'all put on my feet ♪

♪ I don't care how many show up, yeah ♪

♪ Or who reads my eulogy ♪

♪ Just take me out to that graveyard ♪

♪ Sing a send-me-home song ♪

♪ Put Go Dawgs on my headstone ♪

♪ And pile that red dirt on ♪

♪ Bury me in Georgia ♪

♪ Lemme rest in peace ♪

♪ Underneath the pines ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪

♪ Where my roots run deep ♪

♪ When it's my day ♪

♪ Put me in that clay ♪

♪ And remember what I told ya ♪

♪ When I die ♪

♪ Bury me in Georgia ♪

♪ Georgia ♪

♪ Hell, yeah ♪

(upbeat music continues)

♪ Check this out ♪

♪ For my final will and testament ♪

♪ Let this be my last request ♪

♪ Leave it all to my family ♪

♪ You already know what's next, yeah ♪

♪ Bury me in Georgia ♪

♪ Bury me in Georgia ♪

♪ Lemme rest in peace ♪

♪ Underneath the pines ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪

♪ Where my roots run deep ♪

♪ When it's my day ♪

♪ Put me in that clay ♪

♪ And remember what I told ya ♪

♪ When I die ♪

♪ Bury me in Georgia ♪

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
bury /ˈbɛri/ A2	verb - to place a dead body in the ground
rest /rɛst/ A1	verb - to be placed or lie in a specified position noun - peace or ease from labor or activity
peace /pis/ A1	noun - freedom from disturbance or war
roots /ruːts/ A2	noun - the part of a plant that grows underground noun - one's origin or heritage
run /rʌn/ A1	verb - to move quickly on foot verb - to extend or continue in a certain direction
deep /diːp/ A1	adjective - extending far down from the top or surface
clay /kleɪ/ A2	noun - a stiff, sticky sedimentary material
remember /rɪˈmɛmbər/ A1	verb - to have or keep an image or idea in one's mind
die /daɪ/ A1	verb - to stop living
suit /suːt/ A1	noun - a set of clothes to be worn together
show /ʃoʊ/ A1	verb - to be present or visible noun - a spectacle or display
read /riːd/ A1	verb - to look at and understand written words
sing /sɪŋ/ A1	verb - to produce musical sounds with the voice
pile /paɪl/ A2	verb - to place or lay things on top of each other
red /rɛd/ A1	adjective - of a color at the end of the spectrum

Key Grammar Structures

• I don't care what color my suit is

  ➔ Negative present simple with a noun clause

  ➔ The word "don't" marks negation in the present simple, and the clause "what color my suit is" functions as a noun clause (object).

• I don't care how many show up, yeah

  ➔ Negative present simple with a wh‑clause

  ➔ The word "don't" negates the verb, and "how many show up" is a wh‑clause functioning as the object of "care".

• Just take me out to that graveyard

  ➔ Imperative sentence with a bare infinitive

  ➔ The verb "take" appears in its bare infinitive form, which is typical for commands; the subject "you" is implied.

• Put me in that clay

  ➔ Imperative with a bare infinitive

  ➔ "Put" is a command in the bare infinitive; the object "me" follows directly.

• I wanna be

  ➔ Informal contraction of "want to" + infinitive

  ➔ "wanna" combines "want" and "to"; it is followed by the bare infinitive "be".

• When it's my day

  ➔ Present simple in a temporal clause introduced by "when"

  ➔ "When" introduces a time clause; the verb "is" is in the present simple because the event is seen as a future certainty.

• Let this be my last request

  ➔ Imperative with subjunctive mood (let + base form)

  ➔ "Let" functions as a polite command; the verb "be" stays in its base form, showing the subjunctive mood.

• I already know what's next, yeah

  ➔ Present simple with an embedded wh‑question (indirect question)

  ➔ "already" emphasizes the present state; "what's next" is a wh‑clause functioning as the object of "know".

• When I die

  ➔ Adverbial clause of time using present simple for future reference

  ➔ "When" introduces a time clause; the verb "die" is in the present simple, a common way to refer to a future event after "when".