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