Georgia On A Fast Train

On a rainy Wednesday morning

That's the day that I was born

In that old sheriff's crumbling 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 that's all I'd mention

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, raisin' hell, and bailin' hay

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

I wasn't born no yesterday

Got a good Christian raisin' and an eighth grade education

Ain't no needin' y'all a-treatin' me this way

And now, sweet Carolina

I don't guess I'll ever find

Another woman put together like you are

With your wigglin' and your walkin'

And your big city talkin'

Your brand-new shiny Plymouth ragtop car

And this hurry up and wait

In this world of give and take

Seem like haste it makes for waste every time

Honey, I declare to my soul

When your hair grows ages old

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

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

I wasn't born no yesterday

Got a good Christian raisin' and an eighth grade education

Ain't no needin' y'all a-treatin' me this way

Ah, throw down, Eddie

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

I wasn't born no yesterday

Got a good Christian raisin' and an eighth grade education

Ain't no needin' y'all a-treatin' me this way

Ain't no needin' y'all a-treating me this way