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 gray town, a nurse
Say´s Lay down
This is no playground, and this isn´t home
Someone´s children, out having children
In a gray stone building, all alone
On somewhere 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 have got his eyes

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

Well, they run like water
Through a mountain stream