G                  C         G
In an Appalachian, Greyhound station
               Em      D            G
She sits there waiting, in a family way
                       C     G
"Goodbye brother, tell Mom I love her
     G       Em     D               G
Tell all the others, I'll write someday"

[Chorus 1]
G               C                  G
From an teenage lover, to an unwed mother
          G    Em              D
Kept undercover, like some bad dream
          G        C        G
And unwed fathers, can't be bothered
              Em    D              G
They run like water, in a mountain stream

[Turnaround]
Em Em D D | G G G G

[Verse 2]
G                            C           G
In a cold and gray town, the nurse says "Lay down"
               Em         D              G
"This ain't no playground, and you ain't home"
                        C      G
Someone's children, are having children
               Em       D     G
In a cold gray building, all alone

[Chorus 2]
G               C                  G
From an teenage lover, to an unwed mother
          G    Em              D
Kept undercover, like some bad dream
              G       C        G
And a teenage father, can't be bothered
              Em    D              G
They run like water, in a mountain stream

[Solo]
G G G C | G G G G | Em Em D D | G G G G  x2

G                        C        G
On somewhere else bound, midnight Greyhound
              Em        D               G
She hangs her head down, and hums a lullaby
                       C         G
Scared half crazy, she holds her baby
                 Em    D                     G
She says I think maybe, you got your daddy's eyes

[Chorus]
G               C                  G
From an teenage lover, to an unwed mother
          G     Em             D
Kept undercover, like some bad dream
          G        C        G
And unwed fathers, can't be bothered
     G        Em    D              G
They run like water, in a mountain stream