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On a rainy, windy morning that's the day that I was born on
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In the old sharecroppers one room country shack
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They say my mammy left me, same day that she had me
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Said she hit the road and never once looked back
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And I just thought I'd mention, my Grandma's old age pension
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Is the reason why I'm standing here today
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I got all my country learning, living and a churning
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Pickin' cotton, rasin' hell, and bailin' hay
[Chorus]
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I've been to Georgia on a fast train honey
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I wudn't born no yesterday
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Got a good Christian raisin' and an eighth grade education
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Ain't no need in y'all a treatin' me this way
[Verse]
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And now sweet Caroline, I don't guess I'll ever find
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Another woman put together like you all
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With your wiggle and your walkin', and your big city talkin'
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Your brand new shiny Plymouth rag-top car
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Yeah it's hurry up and wait, in this world of give and take
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Seems like haste makes for waste every time
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And I pray to my soul, when you hear those ages roll
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You better know I'm gonna get my share of mine
[Chorus]
A D
I've been to Georgia on a fast train honey
A E
I wudn't born no yesterday
A D
Got a good Christian raisin' and an eighth grade education
A E A
Ain't no need in y'all a treatin' me this way