Unwed Fathers Lyrics
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
On somewhere else bound, smokey mountain greyhound
She bows her head down, hummin' lullabies
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'your daddy never, meant to hurt you ever'
'he just don't live here, but you've got his eyes'
Repeat chorus:
Well, they run like water,
Through a mountain stream
