Unwed Fathers

In an Appalachian, Greyhound station

She sits there waiting, in a family way

"Goodbye brother, Tell Mom I love her

Tell all the others, I'll write someday"



Chorus:

From an teenage lover, to an unwed mother

Kept undercover, like some bad dream

While unwed fathers, they can't be bothered

They run like water, through a mountain stream



In a cold and gray town, a nurse say's "Lay down"

'This ain't no playground, and this ain't home'

Someone's children, out having children

In a gray stone building, all alone



Chorus:

From an teenage lover, to an unwed mother

Kept undercover, like some bad dream

While unwed fathers, they can't be bothered

They run like water, through a mountain stream



On somewhere else bound, Smokey Mountain Greyhound

She bows her head down, hummin' lullabies

'Your daddy never, meant to hurt you ever'

'He just don't live here, but you've got his eyes'



Chorus:

From an teenage lover, to an unwed mother

Kept undercover, like some bad dream

While unwed fathers, they can't be bothered

They run like water, through a mountain stream



Well, they run like water,

Through a mountain stream