Smoky Mountain Rain

I thumbed my way from L.A. back to Knoxville

I found out those bright lights ain't where I belong

From a phone booth in the rain, I called to tell her

"I've had a change of dreams; I'm comin' home"

But tears filled my eyes when I found out she was gone

Smoky Mountain rain keeps on fallin'

I keep on callin' her name

Smoky Mountain rain, I'll keep on searchin'

I can't go on hurtin' this way

She's somewhere in the Smoky Mountain rain

I waved a diesel down outside a café

He said that he was goin' as far as Gatlinburg

I climbed up in the cab all wet and cold and lonely

I wiped my eyes and told him about her

"I've got to find her"

"Can you make these big wheels burn?"

Smoky Mountain rain keeps on fallin'

I keep on callin' her name

Smoky Mountain rain, I'll keep on searchin'

I can't go on hurtin' this way

She's somewhere in the Smoky Mountain rain

I can't blame her for lettin' go

A woman needs someone warm to hold

I feel the rain runnin' down my face

I'll find her no matter what it takes

Smoky Mountain rain keeps on fallin'

I keep on callin' her name

Smoky Mountain rain, I'll keep on searchin'

I can't go on hurtin' this way

She's somewhere in the Smoky Mountain rain

It keeps on fallin'

It keeps on callin'

That Smoky Mountain rain