"ECHOES"
 
THERE SHE STANDS ON THE BANKS OF THE OHIO
WE ALL KNOW WHAT HAPPENS THERE
THE MOONLIGHT SHOWN DOWN UPON HER GREEN EYES
WIND THROUGH HER AUBURN HAIR
 
A SUNDAY DRESS SHE BORROWED FROM HER SISTER
SWEET MAIDEN FARE
YOU COULD SEE HER LIGHT UP THE DARKNESS
HER BEAUTY FILLED THE AIR
 
CHORUS:
WILLIE WHY’D YOU COME HERE
YOU KNEW THERE WOULD BE A FIGHT
I CAN HEAR YOUR VOICE CALLING
IT ECHOES THROUGH THE NIGHT
ECHOES THROUGH THE NIGHT
 
HE SAID MY SWEET DARLIN HOW I LOVE YOU
PLEASE BE MY BRIDE
WE CAN RUN OFF TO KNOXVILLE
WE CAN WED TONIGHT
 
HER ANSWER TO HIM WAS QUITE SIMPLE
THOUGH IT CHANGED HER LIFE
YOU ARE NOT THE ONE THAT I LONG FOR
I WILL NOT BE YOUR WIFE”
 
BRIDGE:
FROM HIS COAT HE PULLED A DAGGER
HE THREW HER TO THE GROUND
 FROM HER BOOT SHE PULLED A PISTOL
SHE SHOT HIM DOWN
SHOT POOR WILLIE DOWN
 
WHEN THE SMOKE CLEARED, 
SHE ROLLED HIM INTO THE WATER
SHE WHISPERED GOODBYE
I SWEAR THE GHOSTS OF THE RIVER
THEY WERE ON HER SIDE
 
CHORUS:  (WITH “HAUNTS ME EVERY NIGHT”)