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Kentucky Rain

Words & Music by Bill Eddie Rabbit, Dick Heard

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Kentucky Rain

Words & Music by Eddie Rabbit, Dick Heard

Lyrics:

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,
Thumbling 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
More info:

Eddie Rabbitt and Dick Heard wrote Kentucky Rain for Elvis in 1969. It was recorded at the American Sound Studios in Memphis on February 19, 1969, with Ronnie Milsap providing vocal harmony. The single release in 1970 reached #16 on the Hot 100 chart during its nine-week-stay and at #31 on the country chart. Sales of Kentucky Rain exceeded one million copies.
Lyrics: 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,
Thumbling 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
More info: Eddie Rabbitt and Dick Heard wrote Kentucky Rain for Elvis in 1969. It was recorded at the American Sound Studios in Memphis on February 19, 1969, with Ronnie Milsap providing vocal harmony. The single release in 1970 reached #16 on the Hot 100 chart during its nine-week-stay and at #31 on the country chart. Sales of Kentucky Rain exceeded one million copies.