Kentucky Rain

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
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 through
With the rain in my shoes
Searching for you
In the cold Kentucky rain
In the cold Kentucky rain

Showed your photograph to some old grey-bearded men
Sitting on a bench outside a general store
They said, "Yes, he's been here"
But their memory wasn't clear
Was it yesterday?
No, wait, the day before

So I finally caught a ride
From a preacher man who asked
"Where you bound on such a dark afternoon?"
We drove on through the rain
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 through
With the rain in my shoes
Searching for you
In the cold Kentucky rain
In the cold Kentucky rain
In the cold Kentucky rain