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 JOHN PRINE - Unwed Fathers Lyrics

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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
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