On a rainy Wednesday morning
That's the day that I was borning
In the old sharecropper's one-room country shack
They say my mama left me
The day before she had me
She hit the road and never once looked back
Well, now I just thought I'd mention
That my grandma's old age pension
Is the reason why I'm standing here today
I got all my country learning
Milking and a churning
Picking cotton
Raising hell and bailing hay
I've been to Georgia on a fast train, honey
I wasn't born no yesterday
I got a good Christian raising
And an eighth grade education
Ain't no needing y'all treating me this way
Oh, my sweet Carolina
I don't guess I'll ever find
Another woman put together like you are
I love the wiggle in your walking
And your big city talking
And your brand new shiny Plymouth rag-top car
Well, it's hurry up and wait
In this world of give and take
Seems like haste makes for waste every time
But I declare to my soul
When you hear those ages roll
You better know I'm gonna get my share of mine
I've been to Georgia on a fast train, honey
I wasn't born no yesterday
I got a good Christian raising
And an eighth grade education
Ain't no needing y'all treating me this way
I've been to Georgia on a fast train, honey
I wasn't born no yesterday
I got a good Christian raising
And an eighth grade education
Ain't no needing y'all treating me this way