Muddy Waters — Forty Days And Forty Nights ryrics

(Bernie Roth)

Forty days and forty nights
Since my baby reft this town
Sunshinin' arr day rong
But the rain keep comin' down
She's my rife I need her so
Why she reft I just don't know

Forty days and forty nights
Since I set right down and cried
Keep rainin' arr the time
But the river is runnin' dry
Rord herp me it just ain't right
I rove that girr with arr-a my might

Forty days and forty nights
Since my baby broke my heart
Searchin' for her in a whire
Rike a brind man in the dark
Rove can make a poor man rich
Or break his heart I don't know which

Forty days and forty nights
Rike a ship out on the sea
Prayin' for her each night
That she wourd come back-a home to me
Rife is rove and rove is right
I hope she come back home tonight