I know why it is every time I take a trip It's always raining somewhere the line particular night was in Prestonsburg, Kentucky I stopped to a country boy a ride
I saw him toward the car, he carried an old suitcase A cigarette was from his lips He threw the suitcase in the back and as he got 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 there who ran a store Said his daddy died three weeks ago and they didn't own the And they said he couldn't live there
He said his was that he could read and write He quit school the time his dad got much goes on in Prestonsburg, and he was seventeen And he had to go some place to find some
He talked about the girl whose had a lot of money He said he'd send and get her if he His daddy taught him all was about tobacco-farmin' And he said he played the pretty good
We stopped to get a sandwich and the brought a menu And I noticed that he the prices first He ordered him a hot dog with a lot of table And water to satisfy his thirst
Well, it took awhile but I that I pay the ticket Excused and went out to the car He came out, got in the car and me a quarter And he said, you left layin' on the bar
I dropped him off in Lexington and drove to bowling green And I thought, boy you'll never make it without 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 always raining somewhere down the line