Forty days and forty nights
Since my baby, she left this town
It keep on rainin', ooh, every night
And the rain been tumblin' down
She's my life, I need her so
Why she left, I just don't know

Been forty days and forty nights
Since I sat right down and cried
It keep on rainin', ooh, every night
But my river is running dry
Lord, I know it just ain't right
I love that girl with all my might
With all my might, yeah!

Been forty days and forty nights
Since my baby, she broke my heart
I search and call, ooh, every night
Like a blind man lost in the dark
Love can make this poor man rich
Or break my heart, I don't know which
I'm not rich––I must be heartbroken!

Yeah, forty days and forty nights
Like a ship out on the sea
It break my heart, ooh, every night
That my baby don't come back to me
She's the love, can't love me right
I hope she come back
I hope she come back
I hope she come back home tonight