Carole King Goat Annie Lyrics

Goat Annie Lyrics

GOAT ANNIE

by Carole King



When I was young I used to see her

Herdin' her goats on a hillside

No one knows and she ain't telling her age

I'd say she's just about seventy five



She's an old timer

Tryin' to hold on to what she's got

They call her Goat Annie



I still remember the stories

The townspeople told to each other

Just because she liked her goats 

  better than people

They said the devil was her brother



She never paid them no mind

She just kept on bein' herself 

 Goat Annie



She's real individual

One of a dying breed

Everything she's got right now

Is all she'll ever need



One day the government decided

They had to have the land she lived on

They came with the papers

  polite as could be

They said she had just thirty days

  to get gone



You could see them smirking

"We're just doin' our job here

You understand, Goat Annie"



She said 2I was born and raised here

Ain't never done wrong to no one

You ain't gonna throw me off my land,

  not me or my goats or my shotgun"



Then she leveled her 12-guage

  with a blast she sent'em packin'

Go, Goat Annie



Next day they came with the lawmen

But that didn't get'em nowhere

Rather than shoot at a poor old lady

They decided to let her 

  live her days out there



It doesn't happen very often

But there are still some people

  with heart

Like Goat Annie