RAINY NIGHT IN GEORGIA
(Tony Joe White)
Brook Benton
Also recorded by:
Greg Barrett; The Bees Knees; Jo Jo Benson; Acker Bilk;
Blues Boy Willie; Aron Burton; Ray Charles; Nick Colionne;
Randy Crawford; The Crusaders; Jimmy Ellis; Eric Essix;
Philipp Frankhauser; Eddie Floyd; Tennessee Ernie Ford;
Amos Garrett; Mileage Gilbert; Hearts of Stone; Al Hirt;
Hit Crew; John Holt; Chuck Jackson; Peter Lancaster;
Little Milton; Lord Tanamo; Willie Mabon; Herbie Mann;
Sam Moore; Kenny Parker; Gil Parris; The Persuasions;
Arthur Prystock; Boots Randolph; Nelson Riddle & his Orch.;
Billy Lee Riley; Johnny Rivers; David Ruffin; Otis Rush;
Billy Scott; Eddie Shaw; Little Matt Simmons; Wynn Stewart;
The Temptations Revue; B.J. Thomas; Nicky Thomas;
Conway Twitty; Earl Van Dyke; Lonie Walker; Tony Joe White;
Hank Williams Jr.
Hoverin' by my suitcase, tryin' to find a warm place to spend the night
Heavy rain fallin', seems I hear your voice callin' "It's all right."
A rainy night in Georgia, a rainy night in Georgia
It seems like it's rainin' all over the world
I feel like it's rainin' all over the world
Neon signs a-flashin', taxi cabs and buses passin' through the night
A distant moanin' of a train seems to play a sad refrain to the night
A rainy night in Georgia, such a rainy night in Georgia
Lord, I believe it's rainin' all over the world
I feel like it's rainin' all over the world
How many times I wondered
It still comes out the same
No matter how you look at it or think of it
It's life and you just got to play the game
I find me a place in a box car, so I take my guitar to pass some time
Late at night when it's hard to rest I hold your picture to my chest and I feel fine
(minor scat) But it's a rainy night in Georgia, baby, it's a rainy night in Georgia I
feel it's rainin' all over the world, kinda lonely now And it's rainin' all over the
world
Oh, have you ever been lonely, people?
And you feel that it was rainin' all over this man's world
You're talking 'bout rainin', rainin', rainin', rainin', rainin', rainin', rainin',
rainin', rainin' rainin', rainin', rainin'
