Blue Devils of 1993

Victor Main Street, November rain The school bus rattles down the lane Blue and gold on the gymnasium wall We thought we knew everybody back then

At Victor Senior High the lockers rang The same old bells, the same old names But something moved beneath those floors Behind the classrooms and the doors

Some things whispered, some things said Some things followed you to bed Everybody knew a name Nobody wanted any blame

Blue Devils! nineteen ninety three! Those hallway ghosts still follow me From the Apple Farm to the football lights Somebody wasn't sleeping nights

Blue Devils! blue and gold! Some stories never should be told The school bell rings, the shadows swell And everybody knew about O'Dell

The Apple Farm when the leaves turned red Cold cider and the things we never said Down Victor-Holcomb Road we'd ride With all our secrets locked inside

Mr. O'Dell was in love with Amy He watched her walk across the floor He knew the rules, he knew her name But always seemed to want much more

He said the heart won't follow rules But he was the teacher in that school He smiled whenever she walked by And nobody wanted to ask him why

Blue Devils! nineteen ninety three! Those hallway ghosts still follow me From the Apple Farm to the football lights Somebody wasn't sleeping nights

Blue Devils! blue and gold! Some stories never should be told The school bell rings, the shadows swell And everybody knew about O'Dell

He kept her picture in a drawer And lingered when she reached the door He called it love, he called it fate But some things shouldn't have to wait

She walked the stage in early June The wedding bells came ringing soon Before the summer turned to fall Their picture hung upon the wall

Oh, Mr. O'Dell, you fell so deep Did Amy haunt you in your sleep? The whole town smiled and wished you well But what was hiding in that spell?

Blue Devils! nineteen ninety three! Those hallway ghosts still follow me From the Apple Farm to the football lights Somebody wasn't sleeping nights

Blue Devils! blue and gold! Some stories never should be told The school bell rings, the shadows swell And everybody knew about O'Dell

The yearbook pages yellow now The names have faded somehow But Amy's face is looking back From somewhere in that photograph

The ink was dry, the school was closed The summer came, the story rose The town called it a love affair And everybody learned to stare

Was it love or something stranger? Did nobody see the danger? The vows were spoken, bells were rung But she was still so very young

Blue Devils! nineteen ninety three! There's something in those walls I see From the Apple Farm to the football lights Some memories don't sleep at night

Blue Devils! blue and gold! We grew up fast, we all grew old The years rolled on, the shadows fell But everybody knew about O'Dell!

Victor Main Street, autumn rain I hear those school bells once again The halls are dark, the classrooms cold Some secrets never do grow old

And somewhere in a yearbook still Amy's smiling from a windowsill