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The River
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Chely Wright
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On a Friday night where I grew up there ain't a whole lot you can do
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The same old faces, the same old places, ain't nothin' ever new
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After the football game we'd hang around the high school parkin' lot
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Then we'd pile into a couple of cars 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 of the ones that came before
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Until that night in late November that shook us all down to the core
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We'd won the game by twenty points, couldn't wait to celebrate
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But our lead car was goin' way to fast and they didn't even hit the brakes
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They went into the river
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Deep in the river
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We buried Laurie Maybrie in the clothes that she'd been wearin'
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Her cheerleader outfit never looked so outta place
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That sweater and that pleated skirt 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 Nashville on May 12 of '89
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And I started gettin' letters once a week from this friend a mine
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I'd gone to school with Christine Thorough from kindergarten on
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She'd say, "Hang in there 'cause I just know you're gonna be a star"
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She and her boyfriend and a couple a kids I guess she met through him
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Set out for the merazine to try to cool off by takin' a swim
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There'd been a lotta rain that summer and the current was too strong
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I heard that they did all they could 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, gave my soul to Jesus
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How can such a peaceful place be filled with so much pain?
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Cause two young mothers lost their daughters 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 old river
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That beautiful river
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That damn old river
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