Unwed Fathers Lyrics

The song is a 1-4-5 using very basic alternate bass picking.
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Unwed Fathers
by 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, I'll write someday'
Chorus:
From an teenage lover, to an unwed mother
kept undercovers, 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 say's 'Lay down'
'This ain't no playground, and this ain't home'
Someones children, out having children
in a grey stone building, all al-one
(Chorus)
Some where else bound, Smokey Mountain Greyhound
She bows her head down, humming lullabys
'Your daddy never, meant to hurt you ever'
'he just don't live here, but you've got his eyes'
(Chorus)
-Paul McGinness