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 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 memory wasn't clear
Was it yesterday?
No, wait, the day before

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 (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