Unwed Fathers

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
And 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, having children
In an old gray building, and all alone

From an teenage lover, to an unwed mother
Kept undercover, like some bad dream
While unwed fathers, they can't be bothered
And they run like water, through a mountain stream

On somewhere else bound, Mountain Greyhound
She holds her head down, singing lullabies
Scared and crazy, she holds her baby
And says that he made it, you got your daddys eye

From an teenage lover, to an unwed mother
Kept undercover, like some bad dream
While unwed fathers, they can't be bothered
And they run like water, through a mountain stream

And they run like water,
Through a mountain stream