Chattahoochee

This song is about the Chattahoochee River, which forms part of the border between Alabama and Georgia. This was Jackson's first single to chart in the Billboard Hot 100. The song received CMA awards for Single of the Year and Song of the Year. (Source Chattahoochee Songfacts).

[Verse 1] Well way down yonder on the Chattahoochee It gets hotter than a hoochie coochie We laid rubber on the Georgia asphalt We got a little crazy but we never got caught [Pre-Chorus] Down by the river on a Friday night A pyramid of cans in the pale moonlight Talking about cars and dreaming about women Never had a plan just a living for the minute [Chorus] Yeah way down yonder on the Chattahoochee Never knew how much that muddy water meant to me But I learned how to swim and I learned who I was A lot about living and a little about love [Verse 2] Well we fogged up the windows in my old chevy I was willing but she wasn't ready So a settled for a burger and a grape snow cone I dropped her off early but I didn't go home [Pre-Chorus] Down by the river on a Friday night A pyramid of cans in the pale moonlight Talking about cars and dreaming about women Never had a plan just a living for the minute [Chorus] Yeah way down yonder on the Chattahoochee Never knew how much that muddy water meant to me But I learned how to swim and I learned who I was A lot about living and a little about love [Verse 1] Well way down yonder on the Chattahoochee It gets hotter than a hoochie coochie We laid rubber on the Georgia asphalt We got a little crazy but we never got caught [Verse 2] Well we fogged up the windows in my old chevy I was willing but she wasn't ready So a settled for a burger and a grape snow cone I dropped her off early but I didn't go home [Pre-Chorus] Down by the river on a Friday night A pyramid of cans in the pale moonlight Talking about cars and dreaming about women Never had a plan just a living for the minute [Chorus] Yeah way down yonder on the Chattahoochee Never knew how much that muddy water meant to me But I learned how to swim and I learned who I was A lot about living and a little about love A lot about living and a little about love [Outro] Yeehaw That's right