UNWED FATHERS
Written by John Prine & Bobby Braddock
As recorded by John Prine on "Aimless Love" 1984.

1. In an Appalachian Greyhound station,
She sits there waitin' in a family way.
"Goodbye, brother; tell Mom I love her.
Tell all the others I'll write someday."

CHORUS: From a 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.

2. In a cold and gray town, a nurse says, "Lay down,
This ain't no playground; this ain't home."
Someone's children out having children
In a gray stone building, all alone. CHORUS

3. 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." CHORUS