Jean and the River

There's two sets of footprints down by the shore
And no one's seen Buck Denton for days
Now the sheriff wants to talk to Jean
To find out what she might have seen

Chorus
Just Jean and the River know
Why no body will be found
And where the deepest water flows
Just Jean and the River know

She walked that way each night after school
And Buck stalked his prey like an evil old man
Then when night when she was heading home
He tried to take her as she walked alone

Chorus

She's small for seventeen
But she's quick and smart and she'd already seen
Where the old Green River can pull you down
He came at her from behind
And she tripped him down by the water line
And just stood back and watched him drown

Just Jean and the River know
Why his body won't be found
And where the deepest water flows
Just Jean and the River know

Dan Modlin(Gold in the Strings Music/ASCAP)