On a rainy, windy morning that's the day that I was born on

In that old sharecroppers one room country shack

They say my mammy left me same day that she had me

Said, she hit the road and never once looked back

And now I just thought I'd mention my Grandma's old-age pension

Is the reason why I'm standing here today

I got all my country learning, millin' and a churning

Pickin' cotton, rasin' hell, and bailin' hay

I've been to Georgia on a fast train, honey

I wudn't born no yesterday

Got a good Christian raisin' and eighth grade education

Ain't no need in y'all a treatin' me this way

And now sweet Caroline, I don't guess I'll ever find

Another woman put together like you all

I love your wiggle in your walkin' and your big city talkin'

Your brand new shiny Plymouth rag-top car

Hey, let's hurry up and wait in this world of give and take

Seem like a haystack made for waste every time

And I pray to my soul when you hear those ages roll

You better know I'm gonna get my share of mine

And now, I've been to Georgia on a fast train, honey

I wudn't born no yesterday

Got a good Christian raisin' and eighth grade education

I ain't no need in y'all a treatin' me this way

Ah, throw down, Eddie

I've been to Georgia on a fast train, honey

I wudn't born no yesterday

Got a good Christian raisin' and eighth grade education

Ain't no need in y'all a treatin' me this way

Ain't no need in y'all a treatin' me this way