He came into to town in the early springtime
to work with my daddy down in the mines
It was hot in the summer when he said good-bye
and he left me a secret I can no longer hide
Now the only thing here that is welcoming me
is a cold rainy morning and a Greyhound bus seat
He just had to come back and try to explain
Cry for your daughter Appalacian rain
Mountains of sorrow , mountains of pain
you'll never give for my baby a name
my family's honor , took it away
cry for your daughter , Appalacian rain
VERSE 2
I was washed in the blood in the river you filled
Now the sound of a shotgun rings through the hills
and the blood of her father runs through it's veins
Cry for your daughter , Appalacian rain
CHORUS REPETED;Then the ending;
Tears in the holler , tears of my shame
Cry for your daughter , Appalacian rain