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 ground

Chorus:

(Ahh)

Now the blue has turned to red

(Madeline, breathe)

All but given up for dead

(Madeline, breathe)

Ooh, Madeline

(Madeline, breathe)

Madeline, breathe!

Skiff rocked

Like a cradle

And the poor girl fell overboard

Rope wrapped around her neck

Tangled in her hair soaked wet

They dragged the stream

The body never to be found

(Ahh)

Now the blue has turned to red

(Madeline, breathe)

All but given up for dead

(Madeline, breathe)

Ooh, Madeline

(Madeline, breathe)

Madeline, breathe!

The dirt in the stream

The body never to be found

Accepting for the footprints caked

In the muddy ground beside where she laid

My life

Made the headlines

Beneath the waterlily sky

She said, "Leave me alone"

I said, "Take me home"

Sixteen down living in the hallowed ground

(Ahh)

Now the blue has turned to red

(Madeline, breathe)

All but given up for dead

(Madeline, breathe)

Ooh, Madeline

(Madeline, breathe)

Now the blue has turned to red

(Madeline, breathe)

All but given up for dead

(Madeline, breathe)

Ooh, Madeline

(Madeline, breathe)

Madeline Reid can't breathe