Intro
Seven lonely days
and a dozen towns ago,
I reached out one night
and you were gone
Don't know why you'd run,
what you're running to or from,
all I know is I want to
bring you home.
So I'm walking in the rain,
thumbing for a ride
on this lonely
Kentucky backroad
I've loved you much too long
and my love's too strong
to let you go, never knowing
what went wrong
Kentucky rain keeps pouring down
and up ahead's another
town that I'll go walking thru
with the rain in my shoes,(rain in my shoes)
searchin for you
in the cold Kentucky rain
in the cold Kentucky rain.
Showed your photograph
to some old gray bearded men
sitting on a bench outside
a gen'ral store
They said "Yes, she's been here"
but their mem'ry wasn't clear,
was it yesterday,
no, wait the day before.
So I fin'ly got a ride
with a preacher man who asked:
"Where you bound on such a cold dark
afternoon?"
As we drove on thru the rain
as he listened I explained
and he left me with a prayer
that I'd find you
Kentucky rain keeps pouring down
and up ahead's another
town that I'll go walking thru
with the rain in my shoes,
searchin for you
in the cold Kentucky rain
in the cold Kentucky rain.
in the cold Kentucky rain
in the cold Kentucky rain.
in the cold Kentucky rain
in the cold Kentucky rain.