Hoverin' by my suitcase Tryin' to find a warm place to spend the night Heavy rain fallin' Seems I hear your voice a callin', it's all right Rainy night in Georgia A rainy night in Georgia Oh, it is rainin' all over the world Neon signs flashin' Taxicabs and buses passin' through the night The distant moanin' of a train Seems to play a sad refrain onto the night Rainy night in Georgia Rainy all night in Georgia Lord, it's rainin' all over the world Rain How many times I wondered But it still comes out the same No matter how you look at it or think of it You just got to do your own thing, oh, yes I find me a place in a boxcar Take out my old guitar to pass some time Late at night when it's hard to rest I hold your picture to my chest and I'm all right But it's rainin' down Georgia Such a cold, old lonesome night in Georgia Sometimes y'all it just rains Rains One of them old slow drizzling Rainin'