Unwed Fathers

In an Appalachian, Greyhound station She sits there waitin', in a family way "Goodbye brother, tell mom, I love her Tell all the others, I'll write someday" 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 In a cold and gray town, a nurse says, "Lay down" 'This ain't no playground, this ain't home' Someone's children, out havin' children In a gray stone building, all alone 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 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