Tony Joe White

Love the way you wear you hair down long
Like the way your voice sounds on the telephone
You know you're looking sexy in tight blue jeans
But there's one thing I got to ask you please

Do you have a garter belt
Would you wear stockings
Do you have a garter belt
Would you wear stockings

I don't mean to put no heat on you
But I wonder if you feel the way I do
You don't have to worry ?cause it's alright
I ain't kinky baby, I know what I like

Do you have a garter belt
Would you wear stockings
If I call out for help
Just keep on rocking

You just get better all the time
Darling, don't you change a thing
Lately you're the only song I want to sing
You're my reason to try

You just get sweeter every day
The little things you do and say
If only you could see you through my eyes
You just get better all the time

And I get the feeling I can make it babe
As long as you are by my side
You're the music in my ears
The laughter when the tears
Are falling down in my life

And on down through the years
You never tried to change my ways
You never made me feel I had to say
I'm sorry

You just get better all the time
And just today I heard you read my mind
That kind of magic is so hard to find
You just get better all the time

Love the way you wear you hair down long
Like the way your voice sounds on the telephone
You know you're looking sexy in tight blue jeans
But there's one thing I got to ask you please

Do you have a garter belt
Would you wear stockings
Do you have a garter belt
Would you wear stockings

I don't mean to put no heat on you
But I wonder if you feel the way I do
You don't have to worry ?cause it's alright
I ain't kinky baby, I know what I like

Do you have a garter belt
Would you wear stockings
If I call out for help
Just keep on rocking

You just get better all the time
Darling, don't you change a thing
Lately you're the only song I want to sing
You're my reason to try

You just get sweeter every day
The little things you do and say
If only you could see you through my eyes
You just get better all the time

And I get the feeling I can make it babe
As long as you are by my side
You're the music in my ears
The laughter when the tears
Are falling down in my life

And on down through the years
You never tried to change my ways
You never made me feel I had to say
I'm sorry

You just get better all the time
And just today I heard you read my mind
That kind of magic is so hard to find
You just get better all the time

Come on ... come closer baby
And lay your lovely face against my skin
Please don't ... don't turn away from me baby
Cause we may never pass this way again

I can't stop myself from wanting you
And woh I don't believe it
Won't ya even try?
I can't keep my hands from touching you
I wanna see that loving feeling in your eyes

Oh baby

The nearness of you ... surrounded me
Seems that i can almost touch your soul
I feel my heart ... a-pounding inside me
Hold me baby, hold me, don't let me go!

This is such an unusual reaction
I never never felt this way before
It's more then just a sexual attraction
I find myself loving you more and more

Hmm
So sexy!

I can't stop myself from wanting you
And woh I don't believe it
Won't ya even try?
I can't keep my hands from touching you
I wanna see that loving feeling in your eyes

Good morning baby you look so lovely
With your hair spread upon the pillowcase
Soft eyes avoiding me
I see uncertainty on your face

Babe I'm a man of a word I told you
Cause now you've got me feeling so brand new
Can't you feel it baby when I hold you?
I want to spend the rest of my life loving you

If some of ya'll never been down south too much
I'm gonna tell you a little bit about this
So that you'll understand what I'm talkin' about
Down there we have a plant that grows out in the woods
And in the fields looks somethin' like a turnip green
And everybody calls it polk salad, polk salad
Used to know a girl lived down there
And she'd go out in the evenings and pick her a mess of it
Carry it home and cook it for supper
'Cause thats about all they had to eat, but they did all right

Down in Louisiana, where the alligators grow so mean
There lived a girl, that I swear to the world
Made the alligators look tame
Polk salad Annie, polk salad Annie
Everybody said it was a shame
Cause her momma was a workin' on the chain gang
(A mean vicious woman)

Everyday ?for supper time, she'd go down by the truck patch
And pick her a mess of polk salad, and carry it home in a tow sack
Polk salad Annie, the gators got your granny
Everybody says it was a shame
Cause her momma was a workin' on the chain gang
(A wretched, spiteful, straight-razor totin' woman
Lord have Mercy, pick a mess of it)

Her daddy was lazy and no count, claimed he had a bad back
All her brothers were fit for was stealin' watermelons
Out of my truck patch
Polk salad Annie, the gators got your granny
Everybody said it was a shame
Cause her momma was a workin' on the chain gang
(Sock a little polk salad to me, you know I need me a mess of it)

This is about two cats
They're sittin' down by a river in the swamps
They're sittin' down on the logs
One of them is kind of a big fellow

And the other one is a little bit smaller
And he's got a long billed cap
And they're sittin' there ponderin'
On what they're gonna do for the night

And anything the big guy decides
On the little guy's for
'Cause he digs him, he's cool
So it's called Roosevelt and Ira Lee

The river was dark and muddy
And the moon was on the rise
And all of the creatures in the swampland
Had woke up to feed for the night

Roosevelt and Ira Lee, huh, were sittin' there on a log
Ira Lee turned to Roosevelt and said
I'd sure like to have a mess of bull frog
He said, yeah, yeah, lawd, sure would taste good

So they slipped on their rubber boots
And walked down to the water's edge
And right away they knew
That the night would be a bummer

'Cause Ira Lee stepped
On a water mossacin
He said, uh, uh, lawd
Somebody help me

Ira Lee turned to Roosevelt
When he quit his screamin' and kickin'
And he said, let's forget about the bullfrog legs
And go out and steal us some chickens

And Ol' Roosevelt said like this now
Yeah, yeah, ooh, it sure would taste good
Yes it would, I love a chicken
Oh, the river was dark and muddy, yeah

Opening up my suitcase

Trying to find a warm place

To spend the night

Heavy rains are falling

Seems i hear your voice calling

Alright



A rainy night in Georgia

A rainy night in Georgia

I believe that it's raining all over the world

I feel that it's raining all over the world



Neon sign are flashing

Taxis, cabs and buses passing

Through the night

A distant moment of the train

Seems to play a sad refrain

To the night



A rainy night in Georgia

Such a rainy night in Georgia

I believe that it's raining all over the world

I feel like it's been raining all over the world



How many times i've wondered

It still comes out the same

No matter how you look at it often

It's life and we've just got to play the game



I shake the rain from my sweater

Take out your letters to pass some time

Last it night when its ime to rest

I hold your pictures to my breast and

I feel fine, fine



It's a rainy night in Georgia

Such a rainy night in Georgia

I feel that it's raining all over the world

Lord I feel like it's raining all over the world



Rainy night

Such a rainy night

It still comes out the same

If some of ya'll never been down south too much
I'm gonna tell you a little bit about this
So that you'll understand what I'm talkin' about
Down there we have a plant that grows out in the woods
And in the fields looks somethin' like a turnip green
And everybody calls it polk salad, polk salad
Used to know a girl lived down there
And she'd go out in the evenings and pick her a mess of it
Carry it home and cook it for supper
'Cause thats about all they had to eat, but they did all right

Down in Louisiana, where the alligators grow so mean
There lived a girl, that I swear to the world
Made the alligators look tame
Polk salad Annie, polk salad Annie
Everybody said it was a shame
Cause her momma was a workin' on the chain gang
(A mean vicious woman)

Everyday ?for supper time, she'd go down by the truck patch
And pick her a mess of polk salad, and carry it home in a tow sack
Polk salad Annie, the gators got your granny
Everybody says it was a shame
Cause her momma was a workin' on the chain gang
(A wretched, spiteful, straight-razor totin' woman
Lord have Mercy, pick a mess of it)

Her daddy was lazy and no count, claimed he had a bad back
All her brothers were fit for was stealin' watermelons
Out of my truck patch
Polk salad Annie, the gators got your granny
Everybody said it was a shame
Cause her momma was a workin' on the chain gang
(Sock a little polk salad to me, you know I need me a mess of it)

Hoverin' by my suitcase
Tryin' to find a warm place to spend the night
A heavy rain a fallin'
Seems I hear your voice callin'
"It's all right"

A rainy night in Georgia
A rainy night in Georgia
I believe it's rainin' all over the world

Neon signs a flashin'
Taxi cabs and busses passin' through the night
The distant moanin' of a train
Seems to play a sad refrain to the night

A rainy night in Georgia
A rainy night in Georgia
I believe it's rainin' all over the world

How many times I've wondered
It still comes out the same
No matter how you look at it, think of it
You just got to do your own thing

I find me a place in a box car
So I take out my 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

A rainy night in Georgia
A rainy night in Georgia
I believe it's rainin' all over the world