John Mellencamp Rural Route Lyrics

Rural Route Lyrics

Little girl disappeared and gone

From the rural route

Seven days missing something's wrong

On the rural route

Amber alert all over the nation

From the rural route

Two lane highway full of cops

On the rural route

Rural route



Police dogs howl from wire cages

On the rural route

Last seen leavin' a trailer

On the rural route

Just walkin' home alone

On the rural route

Newspaper prints her fifth grade picture

From the rural route

Rural route



Air stinks of crystal meth

On the rural route

Some one predicts a young girl's death

On the rural route

Father refuses to answer any questions

From the rural route

The man he runs around with comes up missing

Off the rural route

Rural route



Twenty miles away by a lake

On the rural route

Girl's body's found, it's been raped

By the rural route

Twenty-eight year old friend of the father

Arrested on the rural route

Father traded his daughter for favors

On the rural route

Rural route

Rural route



Here's my prayer loud and clear

From the rural route

Forgive us Lord, get us out of here

Off this rural route

Oh merciful Father, show us the will

Here on the rural route

Give us the mercy for the drug-addicted

And the mentally ill

On the rural route