Rainy night in georgia- artist: brook benton as sung on "the satin sound brook benton"- suffolk marketing-smi 2- peak billboard position # 4 in 1970- words and music by tony joe whitehoverin' by my suitcase, tryin' to find a warm place to spend the nightheavy rain fallin', seems i hear your voice callin' "it's all right."a rainy night in georgia, a rainy night in georgiait seems like it's rainin' all over the worldi feel like it's rainin' all over the worldneon signs a-flashin', taxi cabs and buses passin' through the nighta distant moanin' of a train seems to play a sad refrain to the nighta rainy night in georgia, such a rainy night in georgialord, i believe it's rainin' all over the worldi feel like it's rainin' all over the worldhow many times i wonderedit still comes out the sameno matter how you look at it or think of itit's life and you just got to play the game<instrumental interlude>i find me a place in a box car, so i take my guitar to pass some timelate 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 ifeel it's rainin' all over the world, kinda lonely now and it's rainin' all over theworldoh, have you ever been lonely, people?and you feel that it was rainin' all over this man's worldyou're talking 'bout rainin', rainin', rainin', rainin', rainin', rainin', rainin',rainin', rainin' rainin', rainin', rainin' <etc. to end>transcribed by robin hoodthese lyrics were transcribed from the specific recording mentioned aboveand do not necessarily correspond with lyrics from other recordings, sheetmusic, songbooks or lyrics printed on album jackets.