Why are the rain clouds coming and pouring down on me?
And why can't the north wind turn and blow the other way?
And where has the sunshine gone? Oh, I can barely see
This northern rain is falling, and home is calling me
Sun in a southern sky is all I need to see
Just watching a small bird fly, above the fields and me
Walking a dusty road and there's nothing 'round the bend
Except for golden tones of going home again
Muddy old river flowing 'neath a fallen tree
And sunflower garden growing twice as tall as me
Sister and father hear me, what I've learned today
I ain't no northern girl, I've been too long away
And on a starry old summer evening, humming warm and sweet
I hit the road believing, I was bound to leave
And it took a New England sky to teach me how to say
I ain't no northern girl, I've been too long away
I ain't no northern girl, I've been too long away
This ain't no northern song and I've been too long away