Ray Charles - Rainy Night In Georgia

Track: Rainy Night In Georgia
Artist: Ray Charles
Album: The Genius Hits the Road
Year: 1997

Ray Charles' cover of the Tony Joe White original
Whenever I heard the Brook Benton version, his voice sounded too proper for the content of the song
When I heard Tony Joe White's original, it sounded like he really was drunk
Then I discovered Ray's cover and perfection was what I heard
Everything that was awesome about Ray is in this song, and he adds so much more to it than Tony or Brook

Best cover of any song ... ever!!!


Lyrics:
Hoverin' by my suitcase,
tryin' to find a warm place to spend the night (yea baby)
And a heavy rain fallin',
seems I hear your voice callin', "It's all right".

A rainy night in Georgia
Said a rainy night in Georgia (oh Lord)
Its just rainin, all over the world baby
(Thats the way I feel tonight)
Rainin' all over the world (lookie here)

Neon signs a-flashin',
taxi cabs and buses passin' through the night (Oh Lord)
And a distant moanin' of the train,
seems to play a sad refrain to the night (Oh thats lonesome)

But this rainy night in Georgia
Its a rainy night in Georgia (Oh its just rainin')
Rainin' all over the world
I feel it is rainin' all over the world

How many times I wondered
But it still come' out the same
And no matter how you look at it or think of it (ohhh yea)
You just got to do your own thing (oh yea)

I'll..... find me a place in a box car
And then I'm take my guitar,
just to pass some time
Are you with that mama? Then listen to this

When it gets, (uh, uh, uh) late at night and its hard to rest
I'll hold your picture to my chest,
and I'm gonna feel fine (Yea, yea baby)

This rainy night in Georgia (Oh yea)
Such a rainy night in Georgia (Oh, oh Lord have mercy, its rainin)
Rainin all over the world (Yes it is)
I know its rainin' all over the world (Help me here)

[Choir and Instrumental]

Ohhhhhhh!
I'll find me a place in a box car
And then I'm take my guitar,
just to pass some time (Ohhhhh, yes I will)

And go, late at night and so hard to rest
Thats why I hold your picture to my chest,
and it make me feel fine (I feel pretty goodbut still)

This rainy night in Georgia, (yea)
What a rainy night, in Georgia (Oooh)
I believe it is rainin all over the world (Thats the sad news)
Its just rainin' all over the world

I know its rainin in, rainin in my soul
Its rainin in all over me
that lets me know its rainin all over the world

[Drunken Ramblings]
you hear what im trying to tell you woman
thats why I'm, I'm, just sittin here now
trying to finish off this last little half-pint I got ya know
and, and, I don't know what I'm suppos...
But ya know, as I think about this and I realiz...
I know durn well,
I'll be alright in a little while cuz ya know ....
I, ju... just
get your hands on some sturnum ya know and everythin....
I'm almost done with it baby ....
I wish it would stop the rain,
somebody up there ought'a turn it off ya know
'specially its-juz rainin all over the world

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