John Prine - Unwed Fathers lyrics
Greyhound Station
she sits there waiting
in a family way
goodbye brother
tell mom I love her
tell all the others
I'll write some day
from a teenage lover
to an unwed mother
kept under covers
like some bad dream
while unwed fathers
they can't be bothered
they're running like water
through a mountain stream
in the cold and gray town
a nurse says 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 a teenage lover
to an unwed mother
kept under covers
like some bad dream
while unwed fathers
they can't be bothered
they're running like water
through a mountain stream
while somewhere else bound
Smokey Mountain Greyhound
she bows her head down
humming lullabies
your daddy never
meant to hurt you ever
he just don't live here
but you've got his eyes
from a teenage lover
to an unwed mother
kept under covers
like some bad dream
while unwed fathers
they can't be bothered
they're running like water
through a mountain stream
