Little girl disappeared and gone
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From the rural route
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Seven days missing something´s wrong
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On the rural route
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Amber alert all over the nation
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From the rural route
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Two lane highway full of cops
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On the rural route
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Rural route
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Police dogs howl from wire cages
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On the rural route
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Last seen leavin´ a trailer
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On the rural route
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Just walkin´ home alone
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On the rural route
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Newspaper prints her fifth grade picture
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From the rural route
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Rural route
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Air stinks of crystal meth
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On the rural route
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Some one predicts a young girl´s death
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On the rural route
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Father refuses to answer any questions
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From the rural route
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The man he runs around with comes up missing
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Off the rural route
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Rural route
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Twenty miles away by a lake
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On the rural route
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Girl´s body´s found, it´s been raped
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By the rural route
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Twenty-eight year old friend of the father
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Arrested on the rural route
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Father traded his daughter for favors
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On the rural route
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Rural route
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Rural route
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Here´s my prayer loud and clear
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From the rural route
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Forgive us Lord, get us out of here
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Off this rural route
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Oh merciful Father, show us the will
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Here on the rural route
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Give us the mercy for the drug-addicted
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And the mentally ill
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On the rural route
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Rural Route
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| John Mellencamp |
