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[Verse]
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In an App alachian, Greyhound sta tion
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She sits there wa iting, in a family w ay
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'Goodbye br other, Tell Mom I love h er'
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'Tell all the ot hers, I'll write som eday'

[Chorus]
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From an teenage lo ver, to an unwed mo ther
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Kept undercover, like some bad dr eam
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While unwed fa thers, they can't be bot hered
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They run like w ater, through a mountain st ream

[Verse]
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In a cold and grey town, a nurse say's 'L ay down'
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'This ain't no pla yground, and this ain't h ome'
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Someone's children, out having chi ldren
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In a grey stone bu ilding, all al one (Repeat Chorus)
            
[Instrumental]
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On somewhere else bound, Smokey Mountain Grey hound
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'She bows her h ead down, hummin' lul labys
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' Your daddy never, meant to hurt you e ver'
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'He just don't li ve here, but you've got his e yes' (Repeat Chorus)

[Outro]
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Well, they run like wa ter, through a mountain str eam