1. KENTUCKY RAIN

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



2. MY LITTLE FRIEND

My warped and worried mind resortd
To wandering off to ponder things I never talk about
A pretty girl I used to know but wouldn't know if we met Face to face
And defying every logic known

I wish all the time machine could take me back again
To the wonder of my first love, the old folks tease me 'bout
Referring to her only as my little friend
Somewhere far away and maybe not so far away

The child has grown into a woman of the world
I assume just knowing that she knew so much of life at such A tender age
I learned from her the whispered things the big boys at the Pool hall talk about
The thrill and disappointment, fear and shame that first Love brings
But oh, how I thought I loved my little friend

The fragrance of the green grass mingled with the scent of Love and warming earth
The moonlight night I kissed and cried and swore I'd never Touch another girl
But time moved fast and I moved on and I loved others time And time again
But with each time I thought of her and always gave a little More

Assembled love and rememberance for my little friend
Oh-oh-oh assembled love and rememberance for my little Friend
Oh-oh-oh assembled love and rememberance for my little Friend
Oh-oh-oh assembled love and rememberance for my little Friend