Goat Annie Lyrics - Carole King

When I was young I used to see her 

Herdin' her goats on the hillside 

No one knows 

And she ain't tellin' 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 

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She never paid them no mind 

She just kept on 

Bein' herself--Goat Annie 

She's a rare 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 

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She said, I 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-gauge 

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