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On a Friday night where |
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I grew upThere ain't a whole lot you can do |
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The same ole' faces the same ole' places |
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Ain't nothin' ever new |
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After the football game we'd hang around |
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The high school parking lot |
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Then we'd pile into a couple of cars |
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And head off to our favorite spot |
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Down to the river |
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We went to the river |
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My sophomore year was a carbon copy |
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Of the ones that came before' |
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Til a night in late |
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NovemberThat shook us all down to the core |
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We'd won the game by twenty points |
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Couldn't wait to celebrate |
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But our lead car was goin' way too fast |
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They never even hit the breaks |
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They went into the river |
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Deep in the river |
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We buried |
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Laurie Mabrey |
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In the clothes that she'd been wearin' |
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Her cheerleader outfit never looked |
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So out of place |
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That sweater and that pleated skirt |
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Of blue and white and crimson |
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Just didn't belong in that shiny silver case |
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I moved here to |
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NashvilleOn |
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May twelfth of eighty-nine |
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And I started gettin' letters once a week |
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From this friend of mine |
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I'd gone to school with |
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Christine |
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ThuroFrom kindergarten on |
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She'd say, "Hang in there 'causeI just know you're gonna be a star" |
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She and her boyfriend and a couple of kids |
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I guess she met through him |
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Set out for the |
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Marais Des |
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CygneTo try to cool off by takin' a swim |
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There'd been a lot of rain that summer |
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And the current was too strong |
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I heard they did all they could |
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But Christine she was gone |
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Into the river |
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She died there in the river |
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I was baptized in that same water |
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Gave my soul to |
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JesusHow can such a peaceful place |
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Be filled with so much pain' |
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Cause two young mothers lost their daughters |
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Right there for no reason |
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I swear I'll never go down there again |
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Back to the river |
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That mean ole' river |
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That beautiful river |
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That damn ole' river |
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That damn ole' river |
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That damn ole' river |
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That beautiful river |
