I thumbed my way from LA 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, it keeps on fallin' I keep on callin' her name Smoky Mountain rain, I'll keep on searchin' Can't go on hurtin' this way She's somewhere in the Smoky Mountain rain I waved a diesel down outside a cafe He said he was goin' as far as Gatlinburg I climbed up in his cab all wet and cold and lonely I wiped my eyes and I told him about her I've got to find her, can you make these big wheels burn? Smoky Mountain rain, it keeps on fallin' I keep on callin' her name Smoky Mountain rain, I'll keep on searchin' Can't go on hurtin' this way She's somewhere in the Smoky Mountain rain Can't blame her for lettin' go A woman needs someone warm to hold Feel the rain runnin' down my face I'll find her no matter what it takes Smoky Mountain rain, it keeps on fallin' I keep on callin' her name Smoky Mountain rain, I'll keep on searchin' Can't go on hurtin' this way She's somewhere in the Smoky Mountain rain She's somewhere in the Smoky Mountain rain