John Mellencamp

Released: January 23, 2007

Songwriter: John Mellencamp

Producer: John Mellencamp

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
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Police dogs howl from wire cages
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Last seen leavin' a trailer
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Just walkin' home alone
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Newspaper prints her fifth grade picture
From the rural route
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Air stinks of crystal meth
On the rural route
Some one predicts a young girl's death
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Father refuses to answer any questions
From the rural route
The man he runs around with comes up missing
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Twenty miles away by a lake
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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
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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

John J Mellencamp, also known as John Cougar Mellencamp, is an American musician, singer-songwriter, painter, and actor. He is known for his catchy, populist brand of heartland rock, which emphasize with the working class.

John Mellencamp has released 22 studio albums, with a career that began in 1976 and still goes on today.

His most recent release was 2014’s Plain Spoken

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From the albums

Freedom’s Road (2007)
On the Rural Route 7609 (2010)

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