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-flashing
Taxi cabs and buses
Passing 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 boxcar
So I take my guitar
To pass some time
But late at night when it's hard to rest
I hold your picture to my chest
Then I feel fine, I feel fine
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
Kind of lonely then
And it's rainin' all over the world
Oh, have you ever been lonely, people
And you feel that it's rainin' all over this man's world
You're talking 'bout
Rainin', rainin', rainin', rainin', rainin', rainin',
Rainin', rainin', rainin', rainin', rainin', rainin',
Rainin', rainin', rainin', rainin', rainin', rainin'
All over the world
It's been called "one of the most lonesome songs ever to grace the Top Ten": Benton's intimate baritone set over crying violins, crashing horns, and dolorous organs and guitars. The soul ballad was written by swamp-rocker White, who had hit big with his own "Polk Salad Annie." "I knew about rainy nights in Georgia," White once said, "because I drove a dump truck for the highway department."