Let's all sing!

Chances are, you know this Elvis song. It's "Kentucky Rain," recorded in the spring of 1969, and a fair-sized hit for the King in winter 1970.

Considered that it's about a guy whose mate took off unexpectedly, and he's tracking her through every podunk town in the Bluegrass State, it's a catchy tune, one that I've enjoyed singing with E in every empty car I've driven for these 53 years. 

And for every minute of those years, I thought that the line where he sings "And up ahead's another town..." I was thinking and singing "Another hedge, another town..."

Hey, I didn't know. At least I knew Jimi Hendrix wasn't saying, "'Scuse me while I kiss this guy!"

Now, let's all sing along!

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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 back road

I've loved you much too long, 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 through

With the rain in my shoes (rain in my shoes)

Searching for you

In the cold Kentucky rain

In the cold Kentucky rain

Showed your photograph to some old gray-bearded men

Sitting on a bench outside a general store

They said, "Yes, she's been here"

But their 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

And he left me with a prayer that I'd find you

Kentucky rain keeps pouring down

And up ahead's another town that I'll go walking through

With the rain in my shoes (rain in my shoes)

Searching for you

In the cold Kentucky rain

In the cold Kentucky rain

In the cold Kentucky rain

In the cold Kentucky rain

In the cold Kentucky rain

In the cold Kentucky rain

In the cold Kentucky rain

Songwriters: Eddie Rabbitt / Dick Heard