Kentucky Rain
Seven lonely daysAnd a dozen towns agoI reached out one nightAnd you were goneDon't know why you'd run,What you're running to or fromAll I know is I want to bring you home
So I'm walking in the rain,Thumbing for a rideOn this lonely Kentucky back roadI've loved you much too longAnd my love's too strongTo let you go, never knowingWhat went wrongKentucky rain keeps pouring downAnd up ahead's another townThat I'll go walking through
With the rain in my shoes,Searchin' for youIn the cold Kentucky rain,In the cold Kentucky rainShowed your photographTo some old gray bearded man
Sitting on a benchOutside a gen'ral storeThey said "Yes, she's been here"But their memory wasn't clear
Was it yesterday,No, wait the day beforeSo I fin'ly got a rideWith a preacher man who asked"Where you bound on such a cold dark afternoon?"
As we drove on through the rainAs he listened I explainedAnd he left me with a prayerThat I'd find you