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
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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