In an Appalachian, 
Greyhound station
She sits there waitin', in a family way"Goodbye brother, tell mom, I love herTell 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 
GreyhoundShe bows her head down, hummin' lullabies"Your daddy never, meant to hurt you everHe 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