Unwed Fathers-John Prine/Iris DeMent

[00:24.34] In an Appalachian, Greyhound station [00:31.61] She sits there waiting, in a family way [00:39.39] "Goodbye brother, Tell Mom I love her [00:46.65] Tell all the others, I'll write someday" [00:54.42] [00:54.92] From an teenage lover, to an unwed mother [01:02.43] Kept undercover, like some bad dream [01:10.70] While unwed fathers, they can't be bothered [01:17.96] They run like water, through a mountain stream [01:27.73] [01:29.98] In a cold and gray town, a nurse say's "Lay down" [01:37.99] 'This ain't no playground, and this ain't home' [01:46.01] Someone's children, out having children [01:53.77] In a gray stone building, all alone [02:01.54] [02:02.04] From an teenage lover, to an unwed mother [02:09.81] Kept undercover, like some bad dream [02:18.09] While unwed fathers, they can't be bothered [02:25.86] They run like water, through a mountain stream [02:35.39] [03:06.74] On somewhere else bound, Smokey Mountain Greyhound [03:14.27] She bows her head down, hummin' lullabies [03:22.55] 'Your daddy never, meant to hurt you ever' [03:30.32] 'He just don't live here, but you've got his eyes' [03:39.34] [03:39.59] From an teenage lover, to an unwed mother [03:47.10] Kept undercover, like some bad dream [03:55.37] While unwed fathers, they can't be bothered [04:03.14] They run like water, through a mountain stream [04:10.65] [04:11.65] [04:12.40] Well, they run like water, [04:16.16] Through a mountain stream