“Unwed Fathers”
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 ain’t no playground, and this ain’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, hummin’ lullabies
‘Your daddy never, meant to hurt you ever’
‘He just don’t live here, but you’ve 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
About Johnny Cash Lyrics
Artist: Johnny Cash
Related songs: You Beat All I Ever Saw Lyrics
Album: Rainbow
Release date: July 1, 1969
Label: CBS
Born: February 26, 1932, Kingsland, Arkansas, United States
Died: September 12, 2003, Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown, Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Graduation date: 1950
Edited works: I Walk the Line: Very Best of Johnny Cash, MORE
Hall of fame inductions: February 8, 1960, 1977, 1992, 2011