
Last updated: Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Rocker JOHN MELLENCAMP is asking fans to be sympathetic to killers hooked on methamphetamine after penning a new song about the real-life murder of a little girl.
JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP in concert at the 2005 Leukemia and Lymphoma Ball held at the New Washington convention center. Washington DC, USA - 18/03/2005
The JACK + DIANE hitmaker was inspired to write RURAL ROUTE after his mother told him a local story of a little girl killed by a drug addict.
He tells Rolling Stone magazine, "(She) said a dead little girl had been found behind their house, a couple of acres away. That was loosely the story, and I embellished it a bit.
"It's about methamphetamines and the poor kids who get addicted to this stuff."
Mellencamp sings about a meth addict who rapes and murders a little girl in his song, asking the listener to have mercy for him.
He adds, "It says in the song, let's show some forgiveness for this... It has to be hell to be addicted to that stuff."
Rural Route features on Mellencamp's new album FREEDOM'S ROAD.
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Source: WENN
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