Sixteen Down

Sunshine stealing stage time

From the moon and stars above

She said, "Leave me alone"

I said, "Take me home"

Sixteen down, living in the hallowed grounds

Now the blue has turned to red

All but given up for dead

Ooh Madeline (Madeline Reed)

Madeline Reed

The skiff rocked like a cradle

And the poor girl fell overboard

Rope wrapped around her neck

Tangled in her hair soaked wet

Dragged the stream, her body never to be found

Now the blue has turned to red

All but given up for dead

Ooh Madeline (Madeline Reed)

Madeline Reed

The dirt, the stream, her body never to be found

Except for footprints kicked in the muddy ground

Beside where she lay

My laugh made the headlines

Beneath the water-lilly sky

She said, "Leave me alone"

I said, "Take me home"

Sixteen down, living in the hallowed grounds

Now the blue has turned to red

All but given up for dead

Ooh Madeline

Now the blue has turned to red

All but given up for dead

Ooh Madeline (Madeline Reed)

Madeline Reed can't breathe