Unwed Fathers-John Prine

[00:06.29] In an Appalachian, Greyhound station [00:13.07] She sits there waiting, in a family way [00:19.33] "Goodbye brother, Tell Mom I love her [00:25.59] Tell all the others, I'll write someday" [00:26.10] [00:32.11] From an teenage lover, to an unwed mother [00:38.87] Kept undercover, like some bad dream [00:44.88] While unwed fathers, they can't be bothered [00:51.39] They run like water, through a mountain stream [00:51.89] [00:58.15] In a cold and gray town, a nurse say's "Lay down" [01:03.91] 'This ain't no playground, and this ain't home' [01:10.43] Someone's children, out having children [01:16.44] In a gray stone building, all alone [01:16.69] [01:23.20] From an teenage lover, to an unwed mother [01:29.46] Kept undercover, like some bad dream [01:35.72] While unwed fathers, they can't be bothered [01:44.24] They run like water, through a mountain stream [01:55.76] [02:01.77] On somewhere else bound, Smokey Mountain Greyhound [02:08.03] She bows her head down, hummin' lullabies [02:15.04] 'Your daddy never, meant to hurt you ever' [02:21.30] 'He just don't live here, but you've got his eyes' [02:22.05] [02:27.81] From an teenage lover, to an unwed mother [02:34.08] Kept undercover, like some bad dream [02:40.59] While unwed fathers, they can't be bothered [02:47.35] They run like water, through a mountain stream [02:47.85] [02:50.61] Well, they run like water, [02:58.12] Through a mountain stream