Forty days and forty nights   Since my baby done left this town   Oh the sun shinin' all day long   But the rain it just keeps on comin' down   She's my life I need her so   Why she left I just don't know      Forty days and forty nights   Since I sat right down and cried   It keeps on rainin' all the time   But the river is runnin' dry   Lord help me it just ain't right   I love that girl with all my might      Forty days and forty nights   Since my baby done broke my heart   I've been searchin' for her everywhere   Just like a blind man in the dark   Love can make a poor man rich   Or break his heart, I don't know which      Forty days and forty nights   Like a ship out on the stormy sea   I've been prayin' for her every night   That she would come back home to me   Life is love and love is light   I hope she comes back home tonight