Justin Tubb – Great River Road Mystery lyrics

(Justin Tubb)

Well, it's still talked about today and it's been seven years
Since the death of pretty Shirley Jones
They found her out on River Road a belt around her neck
And they called it murder by persens unknown.

Now Shirley's reputation left a lot to be dsired
She used to dance and drink a lot back then
The sheriff said some drifter likely picked her up that night
And took her out to River Road and done her in.

Well, several people saw her at the Cross Roads Inn that night
They said she seemed so happy and so gay
But they all said that she left early and she was alone
And that's why it's still a mystery to this day.

She picked me up just as we planned out where the river skirts the edge of town
Then we drove down on River Road and parked about a mile below the dam
And we were in each other's arms when I felt that cold steel behind my head
And a strange voice whispered do exactly as I say or you are dead.

I never saw his face cause I fell back and closed my eyes in mortal fright
But then when I heard her scream I jumped up and ran off into the night
And stumbled blindly through the woods with Shirley's screams are ringing in my ears
And sometimes in my dreams at night I still can hear her after all these years.

And to this day I curse myself but if I hadn't run
Is there a chance I might have changed her fate
And shamefully I still remember gettin' home that night
And telling my wife sorry I'm so late.

Well, it's still talked about today and it's been seven years
And every time I drive back out that way
I hear the sheriff say some drifter prob'ly done her in
And that's why it's still a mystery to this day.

That's why it's still a mystery to this day...