Unwed Fathers - John Prine

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 a cold and gray town a nurse says lay down

This ain't no playground and this ain't home

Someones 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 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

Well they run like water

Through a mountain stream