Child come away - it's the girl with the deputy walking by.

Just go and play

no I won't give you reasons

so don't ask why.

I read the story 'bout a week ago They found her on the beach that night.

They said 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 now no-one can tell.

Child come away - it's the girl with the deputy walking by. . ..

'cos all they found were some marks in the sand A message saying "she is mine".

Nobody touched her as she got in the car

And nobody dares to anytime. She was so full of her life The girl that ev'rybody once knew

but now no-one can tell.

Child come away - it's the girl with the deputy walking by. . . .

And when they read her story out to the judge

I heard he had to turn away

it's all over town.

I saw her face in the back of the car as they were speeding out of this 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. . . .