Unwed Fathers Songtext
von 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 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


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