The River Lyrics - Metropolitan Hotel - Chely Wright

On a Friday night where I grew up there ain't a whole lot you can do 

The same old faces, the same old places, ain't nothin' ever new 

After the football game we'd hang around the high school parkin' lot 

Then we'd pile into a couple of cars and head off to our favorite spot 

Down to the river 

We went to the river 

My sophomore year was a carbon copy of the ones that came before 

Until that night in late November that shook us all down to the core 

We'd won the game by twenty points, couldn't wait to celebrate 

But our lead car was goin' way to fast and they didn't even hit the brakes 

They went into the river 

Deep in the river 

We buried Laurie Maybrie in the clothes that she'd been wearin' 

Her cheerleader outfit never looked so outta place 

That sweater and that pleated skirt of blue and white and crimson 

Just didn't belong in that shiny silver case 

I moved here to Nashville on May 12 of '89 

And I started gettin' letters once a week from this friend a mine 

I'd gone to school with Christine Thorough from kindergarten on 

She'd say, "Hang in there 'cause I just know you're gonna be a star" 

She and her boyfriend and a couple a kids I guess she met through him 

Set out for the merazine to try to cool off by takin' a swim 

There'd been a lotta rain that summer and the current was too strong 

I heard that they did all they could but Christine, she was gone 

Into the river 

She died there in the river 

I was baptized in that same water, gave my soul to Jesus 

How can such a peaceful place be filled with so much pain? 

Cause two young mothers lost their daughters right there for no reason 

I swear I'll never go down there again 

Back to the river 

That mean old river 

That beautiful river 

That damn old river