I don't why it is every time I take a trip always raining somewhere down the line This particular night was in Prestonsburg, I to give a country boy a ride
I saw him running toward the car, he carried an old A cigarette was dangling from his He the suitcase in the back and as he got inside He said, "I'm sorry, but I'm wet"
I said, "Where are you headed, kid?" And he said, "To Louisville" Said he had an uncle who ran a store Said his daddy died three weeks ago and didn't own the place And they he couldn't live there anymore
He said his education was that he could and write He school the time his dad got hurt Ain't much goes on in Prestonsburg, and he was And he had to go some to find some work
He talked about the whose father had a lot of money He said he'd send and get her if he His daddy taught him all there was about And he said he played the pretty good
We stopped to get a sandwich and the waitress a menu And I noticed that he read the prices He ordered him a hot dog a lot of table ketchup And water to satisfy his thirst
Well, it took but I insisted that I pay the ticket Excused myself and out to the car He out, got in the car and handed me a quarter And he said, you left this on the bar
I dropped him off in Lexington and down to bowling green And I thought, boy you'll make it without help And then I got to thinkin' about the days I was younger And I started out the same way myself
Well, I know why it is every time I take a trip It's always raining somewhere down the