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Unwed Fathers
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John Prine
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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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