John Prine – Unwed Fathers Chords

In an Appalachian, Greyhound station
She sits there waiting, in a family way
‘Goodbye brother, Tell Mom I love her’
‘Tell all the others, I’ll write someday’

From an 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

In a cold and grey town, a nurse says ‘Lay down’
‘This ain’t no playground, and this ain’t home’
Someones children, out having children
in a grey stone building, all alone

From an 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

Some where 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 hiseyes’

From an 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