There's a sayin' in Smokey Hollow that no matter what path to follow It will always lead you back wherever you roam It's an easy kind of living but the ways are slow forgiving And the folks in Smokey Hollow look at to their own It was there I wandered one day and my heart told me I must stay When I saw a girl with long black wavy hair She stood so tall and slender her lips looked warm and tender But she never let me know the pleasure there In the evening when the sun went down and all was still I could hear her as she came singing down the hill And I listened till I couldn't stand the charming sound So I hid there in the trees and struck her down
The years have passed in number I think it's tenth this summer And I guess I've always known I couldn't win Cause I've run till I'm tired of runnin' and I've hid till I'm tired of hidin' And I'm almost glad it's come to an end In the evening when the sun goes down and all is still I'll be hanging like the smoke there between the hills They're gonna make me pay for my sinful wrong For the folks in Smokey Hollow look at to their own Yeah the folks in Smokey Hollow look at to their own For the folks in Smokey Hollow look at to their own