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It was a rainy, windy morning on the day
that I was born in that old one-room country sharecropper's shack
Well, they say my mama left me the day before she had me
Hit the road, never once looked back
Well, I guess I ought to mention
my grandma's always pinching
is the reason why I'm standing here today
I had all my country learning
milking and churning, picking cotton, raising hell and baling hay
Well, I've been to Georgia on a fast train
Honey, I wasn't born on yesterday
I got a good Christian raising and an A's-grade education
Ain't no need y'all treating me this way now, hey
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Lord, my sweet Caroline, I do not think I'll ever find
another man put together like you are
I love your slow, sexy walking
I dig your trashy talking
and your brand-new, shiny Plymouth ragtime car
It's hurry up and wait in a world of give and take
They say haste makes for waste every time
I declare to my soul when I hear the angels roar
You know I'm gonna get my share of my white call
I've been to Georgia on a fast train
Honey, I wasn't born on yesterday
I got a good Christian raising and an A's-grade education
Ain't no need y'all treating me this way
Well, I've been to Georgia on a fast train
Honey, I wasn't born on yesterday
I got a good Christian raising and an A's-grade education
Ain't no need y'all treating me this way
Ain't no need y'all treating me this way
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