In an Appalachian greyhound station She sat there waitin' in a family way Goodbye brother tell mom I love her Tell all the others I'll write someday From a teenage lover to unwed mother Kept under cover like some bad dream But unwed fathers can't be bothered They run like water to a mountain stream In a cold and grey town a nurse says lay down This ain't no playground and this ain't home Someone's children havin' children In a cold grey building all alone From a teenage lover to unwed mother Kept under cover like some bad dream But unwed fathers can't be bothered They run like water to a mountain stream On a somewhere else bound nighttime greyhound She bows her head down and lullaby Scared and crazy she holds her baby Says I think maybe you got your daddy's eyes From a teenage lover to unwed mother Kept under cover like some bad dream But unwed fathers can't be bothered They run like water to a mountain stream They run like water to a mountain stream