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In an appalachian, greyhound station |
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She sits there waiting, in a family way |
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"goodbye brother, tell mom i love her |
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Tell all the others, i'll write someday" |
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Chorus: |
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From an teenage lover, to an unwed mother |
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Kept undercover, like some bad dream |
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While unwed fathers, they can't be bothered |
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They run like water, through a mountain stream |
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In a cold and gray town, a nurse say's "lay down" |
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'this ain't no playground, and this ain't home' |
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Someone's children, out having children |
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In a gray stone building, all alone |
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On somewhere else bound, smokey mountain greyhound |
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She bows her head down, hummin' lullabies |
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'your daddy never, meant to hurt you ever' |
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'he just don't live here, but you've got his eyes' |
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Repeat chorus: |
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Well, they run like water, |
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Through a mountain stream |
