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

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 the 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

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'

From a 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