Written by jeremy spencer. It was a cold black night and the rain was falling down Cold black night and the rain was fallin' down I went out lookin' for my girl I knew she wasn't nowhere around She left me early that morningwith a suitcase in her hand She left me early that morningyeswith a suitcase in her hand And she took off on a train this mornin' And she was meetin' some other manyes She used to treat me real good and I wonder why i Didn't treat her right Yesahyou know I wonder why I didn't treat her right And now all I can dois walk those streets both day and night