Seven lonely days and a dozen towns agoI reached out one night and 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 long, my love's too strongTo let you go, never knowing what went wrong
Kentucky rain keeps pouring downAnd up ahead's another town that I'll go walking throughWith the rain in my shoes (Rain in my shoes)Searching for youIn the cold Kentucky rainIn the cold Kentucky rain
Showed your photograph to some old gray-bearded menSitting on a bench outside a general storeThey said: "Yes, she's been here"But their memory wasn't clearWas it yesterday?No, wait, the day before
Finally got a ride with a preacher man who asked"Where you bound on such a cold dark afternoon?"As we drove on through the rain, as he listened, I explainedAnd he left me with a prayer that I'd find you
Kentucky rain keeps pouring downAnd up ahead's another town that I'll go walking throughWith the rain in my shoes (Rain in my shoes)Searching for youIn the cold Kentucky rainIn the cold Kentucky rainIn the cold Kentucky rainIn the cold Kentucky rainIn the cold Kentucky rainIn the cold Kentucky rainIn the cold Kentucky rain