Unwed Fathers — текст песни (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, Ill write someday"



Chorus:

From an teenage lover, to an unwed mother

Kept undercover, like some bad dream

While unwed fathers, they cant be bothered

They run like water, through a mountain stream



In a cold and gray town, a nurse says "lay down"

this aint no playground, and this aint home

Someones children, out having children

In a gray stone building, all alone



On somewhere else bound, smokey mountain greyhound

She bows her head down, hummin lullabies

your daddy never, meant to hurt you ever

he just dont live here, but youve got his eyes



Repeat chorus:



Well, they run like water,

Through a mountain stream