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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Margo Price
Margo Price
Performer
Waylon Payne
Waylon Payne
Performer
Audley Freed
Audley Freed
Guitar
Benmont Tench
Benmont Tench
Organ
Don Was
Don Was
Bass
Gabe Witcher
Gabe Witcher
Fiddle
Greg Leisz
Greg Leisz
Pedal Steel Guitar
Jamey Johnson
Jamey Johnson
Guitar
Mickey Raphael
Mickey Raphael
Harmonica
Terence Higgins
Terence Higgins
Drums
Tom Bukovac
Tom Bukovac
Guitar
Alfreda McCrary
Alfreda McCrary
Background Vocals
Ann McCrary
Ann McCrary
Background Vocals
Regina McCrary
Regina McCrary
Background Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Billy Joe Shaver
Billy Joe Shaver
Composer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Well, it was a rainy Wednesday morning, that's the day that I was born
In that old sharecropper's one-room country shack
Well, they say my mammy left me on the day before she had me
Said she hit the road and never once looked back
[Verse 2]
And I oughta mention that my Grandma's old age pension
Is the reason that I'm standing here today
I got all my country learnin' just a-milkin' and a-churnin'
Pickin' cotton, raisin' hell, and bailin' hay
[Chorus]
I've been to Georgia on a fast train, honey
I wasn't born no yesterday
Oh, I got a good Christian raisin' and an eighth grade education
Ain't no need in y'all a-treatin' me this way
[Verse 3]
And now sweet Carolina, I don't think I'll ever find
'Nother man that's put together like you are
I love your so sexy walkin' and I dig your travel talkin'
And your brand new shiny Plymouth rag-top car
[Verse 4]
Well let's hurry up and wait, in this world of give and take
And they say haste makes for waste every time
Oh, I declare to my soul, when I hear the ages roll
You know I'm gonna go and get my share of mine
[Chorus]
I've been to Georgia on a fast train, honey
I wasn't born no yesterday
Lord, I got a good Christian raisin' and an eighth grade education
Ain't no need in y'all a-treatin' me this way
[Chorus]
I've been to Georgia on a fast train, honey
I wasn't born no yesterday
Lord, I got a good Christian raisin' and an eighth grade education
Ain't no need in y'all a-treatin' me this way
[Chorus]
I've been to Georgia on a fast train, honey
Lord, I wasn't born no yesterday
Lord, I got a good Christian raisin' and an eighth grade education
Ain't no need in y'all a-treatin' me this way
[Outro]
Ain't no need in y'all a-treatin' me this way
Written by: Billy Joe Shaver

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