Child come away
It`s the girl with the deputy walking by
Child go and play
No I won`t give you reasons so don`t ask why
I read the story about a week ago
They found her on the beach that night
They thought the light had gone out of her eyes
and no-one thinks she`ll ever be right
She was so full of her life
Happy with the people she knew
But then no-one can tell
Child come away
It`s the girl with the deputy walking by
Child go and play
No I won`t give you reasons so don`t ask why
Guess all they found were some marks in the sand
A message saying `She is mine`
Nobody touched her as she got in the car
Well nobody dares to anytime
She was so full of her life
The girl that everybody once knew
But now no-one can tell
Child come away
It`s the girl with the deputy walking by
Child go and play
No I won`t give you reasons so don`t ask why
And when they read a story out to the judge
I heard they had to turn away
It`s all over town
I saw her face in the back of a car
As they were speeding out of town
She`s got a mark on the side of her face
that no-one`s ever seen around
And what she is or what she`s become
I guess the town will never know
Child come away
It`s the girl with the deputy walking by
Child go and play
No I won`t give you reasons so don`t ask why