I don't know why it is time I take a trip It's always raining somewhere the line This particular was in Prestonsburg, Kentucky I stopped to a country boy a ride
I saw him toward the car, he carried an old suitcase A was dangling from his lips 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 ago and they didn't own the place And they said he live there anymore
He said his education was that he could read and He quit school the time his dad got Ain't much goes on in Prestonsburg, and he was And he had to go some to find some work
He talked about the girl father had a lot of money He said he'd and get her if he could His taught him all there was about tobacco-farmin' And he said he played the banjer good
We stopped to get a sandwich and the waitress brought a And I noticed he read the prices first He him a hot dog with a lot of table ketchup And water seemed to his thirst
Well, it awhile but I insisted that I pay the ticket myself and went out to the car He out, got in the car and handed me a quarter And he said, you this layin' on the bar
I dropped him off in and drove down to bowling green And I thought, boy you'll never it without help And then I got to thinkin' about the days I was younger And I started out the darn way myself
Well, I don't know why it is time I take a trip It's always raining somewhere down the