Forty Days and Forty Nights

Forty days and forty nights since my baby done left this town
 Sun shinin' all day long but the river keep runnin' dry
 She's my life I need her so, why she left I just don't know
 Forty days and forty nights since I sat right down and cried
 Keeps rainin' all the time but the river keep runnin' dry
 Lord help me, it just ain't right, I love this child with all my might
 Forty days and forty nights since my baby broke my heart
 Searchin' for her everywhere like a blind man in the dark
 Love can make a poor man rich or break his heart, I don't know which
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 Forty days and forty nights like a ship out on the sea
 Prayin' for her each night that she'd come back home to me
 Life is love and love is light, I hope she come back home tonight