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 be 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 gray bearded men Sitting on a bench Outside a general store They said