Seven lonely days
And a dozen towns ago
I reached out one night
And you were gone
Don't know why [bad word] What [bad word] 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 loves too strong
To let you go, never knowing
What went wrong

Kentucky rain keeps pouring down
And up aheads another town
That I'll go walking [bad word] With the 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 man
Sitting on a bench
Outside a genral store
They said "Yes, she's been here"
But their memory wasn't clear
"Was it yesterday?
No wait, the day before"

So I finly got a ride
With a preacher man who asked
"Where you bound on such a cold dark afternoon?"
As we drove on [bad word] 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 aheads another town
That I'll go walking [bad word] 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