TONY JOE WHITE - RAINY NIGHT IN GEORGIA

RAINY NIGHT IN GEORGIA

TONY JOE WHITE

SONGWRITER: TONY JOE WHITE

COUNTRY: U.S.A.

LIVE: GERMANY 1992

ALBUM: CONTINUED…

LABEL: WARNER BROS MUSIC

GENRE: BLUE-EYED SOUL

YEAR: 1969

"Rain Night in Georgia is a song written by Tony Joe White in 1967 and popularized by R&B vocalist Brook Benton in 1970.

Tony Joe White (born July 23, 1943, Oak Grove, Louisiana, United States) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, best known for his 1969 hit "Polk Salad Annie" and for "Rainy Night in Georgia", which he wrote but was first made popular by Brook Benton in 1970. He also wrote "Steamy Windows" and "Undercover Agent for the Blues", both hits for Tina Turner in 1989; those two songs came by way of Turner's producer at the time, Mark Knopfler, who is a friend of White. "Polk Salad Annie" was also recorded by Elvis Presley and Tom Jones.

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's 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, i believe it's rainin' all over the world

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'.