Gainesville

I was born in Gainesville, Florida and my father was a tailor

And my mother ran a cafe near the university

I've a brother died aborning and another who's a sailor

I've a sister who is older and living on her own

I have tried all my life to be kind to others

Even when others were unkind to me

I've been told all my life when I found someone

He would look at me and I'd know

Are you really mine? Are you really mine?

Does your heart glow

When you see me walkin' down the street, boy?

Do your eyes shine

When you know that we're about to meet?

I don't think they do

I was born in Gainesville, Florida and my father was a tailor

And my mother ran a cafe near the university

And she didn't raise a fool when she raised me