Atlanta was on fire and so was she the night he left her   Left her there to bear her pain alone   Hoping soon to return, burn, Georgia, burn      The roaring of the guns filled the emptiness inside her   Where once she felt the pounding of her heart   When he held her in his arms, tenderness they learned   Burn, Georgia, burn      He was the body, she was the soul   Of a love affair they couldn't control   While the world was falling down around them   They were not concerned, burn, Georgia, burn      Winter brought the snow and a rider down from Franklin   With news of how the war had taken toll   And he would not return, burn, Georgia, burn      He was the body, she was the soul   Of a love affair they couldn't control   While her world was falling down around them   They were not concerned, burn, Georgia, burn      While strolling through her mind   She stumbled on an old, familiar feeling   Of how he touched her many years ago   And how he made her yearn, burn, Georgia, burn