Released: January 18, 2019

Featuring: Dolly Parton

[Verse 1: Dolly Parton]
He thumbed his way
From L.A. back to Knoxville
He found out those bright lights
Ain't where he belongs
From a phone booth in the rain
He called to tell me
He had a change of dreams
He's coming home
But I told him not to bother 'cause I'm gone

[Chorus: Ronnie Milsap & Dolly Parton]
Smoky mountain rain
Keeps on falling, keeps on falling
I keep on calling, no need calling
Her name, just forget my name
Yeah, smoky mountain rain
I'll keep on searching, keep on searching
I can't go on hurting, I know you're hurting
Hurting this way, but you threw me away
She's somewhere in the smokey mountain rain

[Verse 2: Ronnie Milsap]
I waved a diesel down outside a cafe
He said that he was going
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 right now?

[Chorus: Ronnie Milsap & Dolly Parton]
Smoky mountain rain
Keeps on falling, keeps on falling
I keep on calling, keep on calling
Calling her name, but it ain't the same
Smoky mountain rain
I'll keep on searching, keep on searching
I can't go on hurting, I know you're hurting
Hurting this way, turn abouts, fair play
She's somewhere in the smokey mountain rain

[Bridge: Ronnie Milsap & Dolly Parton]
Listen, I can't blame her for letting go
A woman needs someone warm to hold
I feel the rain running down my face
Gotta find her no matter what it takes
It's too late, 'cause I will

[Chorus: Ronnie Milsap & Dolly Parton]
Oh, oh, oh
Smoky mountain rain
Keeps on falling, just keeps on falling
I keep on calling, no need calling
Calling her name, just forget my name
(I'll find her)
Smoky mountain rain
I'll keep on searching, there's no need searching
I can't go on hurting, I'm sorry you're hurting
Hurting this way, what can I say?
(Gonna change her life)
Smokey mountain rain
Smokey mountain rain
I keep on calling, calling, calling, calling her name
Forget my name
(Gonna change her life)

Ronnie Milsap

Ronnie Lee Milsap (born January 16, 1943) is an American country music singer and pianist. He was one of country music’s most popular and influential performers of the 1970s and 1980s. He became country music’s first successful blind singer, and one of the most successful and versatile country “crossover” singers of his time, appealing to both country and pop music music markets with hit songs that incorporated pop, R&B, and rock and roll elements. His biggest crossover hits include “It Was Almost Like a Song”, “Smoky Mountain Rain”, “(There’s) No Gettin' Over Me”, “I Wouldn’t Have Missed It for the World”, “Any Day Now”, and “Stranger in My House”. He is credited with six Grammy Awards and forty No. 1 country hits, third to George Strait and Conway Twitty. He was selected for induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2014.