on a rainy wednesday mornin that s the day that i was born in that old sharecroppin one room country shack well they say my mama left me the day before she had me she hit the road and never once looked back and now i just wanna mention that my grandma s old age pension is the reason that i m standin here today i got all my country learnin just a milkin and a churnin pickin cotton raisin hell and a balin hay yeah i ve been to georgia on a fast train honey i wasn t born no yesterday i got a good christian raisin and a eighth grade education ain t no need in y all treatin me that way sweet carolina i don t believe i ll ever find a nother woman put together like you are i love the wiggle in your walkin and your big city talkin and your brand new shiny plymouth ragtop car now it s a hurry up and wait in this world of give and take seem like a haste makes a waste every time i declare to my soul when you hear those ages roll you better know i m gonna get my share of mine well i ve been to georgia on a fast train honey i wasn t born no yesterday i got a good christian raisin and a eighth grade education ain t no need in y all treatin me that way yeah well on a rainy wednesday mornin that s the day that i was born in that old sharecroppin one room country shack well they say my mama left me the day before she had me she hit the road and never once looked back well i ve been to georgia on a fast train honey i wasn t born no yesterday i got a good christian raisin and a eighth grade education ain t no need in y all treatin me that way i say hey hey hey yeah huh huh haw hey hey hey whoo ooh mm hmm oh yeah huh huh huh