an apparition

Greyhound Station

she sits there waiting

in a family way



goodbye brother

tell mom I love her

tell all the others

I'll write some day



from a teenage lover

to an unwed mother

kept under covers

like some bad dream

while unwed fathers

they can't be bothered

they're running like water

through a mountain stream



in the cold and gray town

a nurse says lay down

this ain't no playground

and this ain't home



someone's children

out having children

in a gray stone building

all alone



from a teenage lover

to an unwed mother

kept under covers

like some bad dream

while unwed fathers

they can't be bothered

they're running like water

through a mountain stream



while 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've got his eyes



from a teenage lover

to an unwed mother

kept under covers

like some bad dream

while unwed fathers

they can't be bothered

they're running like water

through a mountain stream