Mason Jennings: Rebecca Deville

Last night the willows stopped weepingAnd everything sat hushed and stillAnd while my body lay sleepingI dreamt of rebecca devilleNow I wonder if she was a real girlDid she die when I wokeWell i'll sleep straight through to tomorrowAnd look for her till I go brokeI found myself by the highwayThat i ride in all my dreamsI met her while i was hitchhikingFrom england to new orleansShe rode shotgun but stayed facing meAnd I laid down in the backI fell in love somewhere near illinoisAnd she said she loved me right backAnybodyHas anybody seen my little girl aroundI last saw her in new orleansI can't find her nowI stepped into the nearest twilight barTo ask if anyone knewThe whereabouts of my rebecca devilleThe bartender said that he knewHe said that just a few weeks agoShe hitched a ride out westWith a man who said he'd show her the big timeSaid he would show her the bestBut he stopped the car two miles down the roadAnd he put a gun to her headAnd raped her of all that she ever hadWhen rebecca was found she was deadAnybodyHas anybody seen my little girl aroundI last saw her in new orleansI can't find her nowAnybodyHas anybody seen my little girl aroundI last saw her in new orleansI can't find her nowAnybodyHas anybody seen my little girl aroundI last saw her in new orleansI can't find her nowLow doesn't even beginTo describe the shape that i am inBut you can dream in both directionsAnd bring the past back againSo maybe i can find herBefore heaven goes and hides herHope and keep her from goingAwayWell i saw her againIt was a sunday eveningShe had flagged a rideIt was a lincoln continentalShe was on the passenger sideShe had ahold of the handleI said rebecca don't goHe's not what he seemsI said rebecca don't goHe's not what he seemsTake my word darlingAnd drop out of this dreamShe saidHe's going toThe big cityAnd i'm going tooYou know how that is with meI said stopDon't you get in the carDon't you get in the car'cause i won't be coming backIf you get in the backDon't you get in the carDon't you get in the car'cause i won't be coming backIf you get in the backMy sweetheartMy sweetheartI will just stay awakeSix years or maybe eightTill I lose your memoryAnd all that you've meant to me'cause i can't stand to see thisI can't stand to see thisI can't stand to see thisWell she got insideAnd waved goodbyeAnd i watched the tail lightsThey danced like candle lightAnd then they went outGoodbyeMy sweetheartGoodbyeMy sweetheartAnybodyHas anybody seen my little girl aroundI last saw her in new orleansI can't find her now