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 your running to or from   All I know is that I want to bring you home      So, I'm walking in the rain   Thumbing for a ride   On this lonely Kentucky back road   I've loved you much too long   My love's too strong   To let you go never knowing   What went wrong      Chorus   Kentucky rain keeps pouring down   And up ahead's another town that I'll go   Walking through   With the rain in my shoes   (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 grey-bearded men   Sitting on a bench outside a general store   They said yes she's been here   But there memory wasn't clear   Was 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 explained   Then he left me with a prayer that I'll find you      Chorus      In the cold Kentucky rain   In the cold Kentucky rain   (repeat as song fades out)