| Forty days and forty nights
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| Since my baby done left this town
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| Oh the sun shinin' all day long
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| But the rain it just keeps on comin' down
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| She’s my life I need her so Why she left I just don’t know
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| Forty days and forty nights
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| Since I sat right down and cried
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| It keeps on rainin' all the time
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| But the river is runnin' dry
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| Lord help me it just ain’t right
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| I love that girl with all my might
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| Forty days and forty nights
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| Since my baby done broke my heart
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| I’ve been searchin' for her everywhere
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| Just like a blind man in the dark
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| Love can make a poor man rich
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| Or break his heart, I don’t know which
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| Forty days and forty nights
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| Like a ship out on the stormy sea
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| I’ve been prayin' for her every night
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| That she would come back home to me Life is love and love is light
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| I hope she comes back home tonight |