Classic love story true to his western tx roots. One of my favorites as a story, but I think there are alot of songs that are amazing not even listed on this site. I guess I should figure out how to add them, because I have about 8 REK cd's.
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)
Searchin' 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 gen'ral 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)
Searchin' for you
In the cold Kentucky rain
In the cold Kentucky rain
In the cold Kentucky rain
In the cold Kentucky rain
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)
Searchin' 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 gen'ral 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)
Searchin' for you
In the cold Kentucky rain
In the cold Kentucky rain
In the cold Kentucky rain
In the cold Kentucky rain
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This song is def a twin to "Unfair" (a song she has been quoted as saying is about falling in love with someone who is already in a relationship) so it is presumably about the same person. Given the references to buying an apartment and not being able to see her love interest "after tonight," it's most likely that she's moving away and she'll "wait a day to break the bad news" (i.e. notifying him that she's leaving once she's already gone).
And, of course, the fact that she sees in him a fellow "idealist" and "dreamer" (terms commonly given to people with the INFP personality on the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)) portends that she'll always be left wondering if they would've been perfect together.
What a terrific song, written by Eddie Rabbit. This song was one of Elvis' last hits (along with In the Ghetto, Suspicious Minds and Burning Love) - it is not an easy song at all to sing, and Elvis just does a phenomenal job with it.
this is my favorite Presley song, it is so good. Meaning is pretty much self explanatory
@adam1986 also my favorite Elvis tune
with the rain in my shoes.... searching for you, in that old kentucky rain!! i really like this song... its unique, its elvis.
What I lie about this ong is the imagery it provokes, I always see a story board in my head when listening ot this song. I can see the grey bearded men sitting on the stoop.
But this guy obviouly lovesd this woman to go trudging through the cold Kentucky rain. Is it his wife? Girlfirend? Or maybe a runaway?
This song doesn't get the respect it deserves. uh huh
ephilbrook, i can see what your seeing! haha. This so was made vor elvis' voice..
this is THE utmost best song in the world...I LOVE IT....its so powerful and i agree ephilbrook too....the imagery is amazing...i see the song everytime i hear it...(if that makes sence lol!)
Elvis never wrote music, and his real strength is his uncanny ability to interpret other composers' songs - he could make anything sound good; sort of like a chef who can make bean soup exciting - this is my favorite tune of his although I'm not as big a fan of his as are my aunts/uncles -
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I think you have to break Elvis's work into two Eras, Pre - 1968 and post 1968. Elvis evokes such imagery of the entire song's story from the weather to the old man , the preacher, and the tows. The music is almost sub lineal and simple but it plays a powerful feeling in the song. Talk about the greatest comeback in music, from Jail house Rock to Kentucky Rain wow! Believe it or not Number 2 form and for personal reasons is If I Can Dream. Thanks Elvis we miss yo but to paraphrase one of your lyrics "You are always on our minds."