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 
And 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, 
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 gen'ral store 
They said "Yes, she's been here" 
But their memory wasn't clear 
Was it yesterday, 
No, wait the day before 

So I fin'ly got a ride 
With a preacher man who asked 
"Where you bound on such a 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