On a rainy Wednesday morning, that's the day that I was born In that old sharecropper 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 I just thought 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 Pickin' cotton, rasin' hell, and bailin' hay I've been to Georgia on a fast train, honey I wouldn't born no yesterday Got a good Christian raisin' and eighth-grade education Ain't no need in y'all a-treatin' me this way And now sweet Caroline, I guess I'll ever find Another woman put together like you all I love your wiggle and your walkin', and your big city talkin' Your brand new shiny Plymouth rag-top car Yeah, that's hurry up and wait, in this world of give and take Seems like haste it makes for waste every time Now I have to pray to my soul, when you hear those ages roll You'd better know I'm gonna get my share of mine Ya know, I've been to Georgia on a fast train honey I wouldn't born no yesterday Got a good Christian raisin' and an eighth-grade education Ain't no need in y'all a-treatin' me this way (y'all do it) (Thank you) (Thank you very much) (This next is about a real good friend of mine and he knows exactly who he is)