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"      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      In a cold and gray town, a nurse says, "Lay down"   'This ain't no playground, this ain't home'   Someone's children, out havin' children   In a gray stone building, all alone      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      On 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"      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   Well, they run like water, through a mountain stream