[00:08.71]My mother came to hazard when I was just seven
[00:13.02]Even then the folks in town said with prejudiced eyes
[00:19.14]That boy's not right
[00:23.15]Three years ago when I came to know Mary
[00:27.27]First time that someone looked beyond the rumors and the lies
[00:33.46]And saw the man inside
[00:37.33]We used to walk down by the river
[00:44.40]She loved to watch the sun go down
[00:51.90]We used to walk along the river
[00:59.46]And dream our way out of this town
[01:21.46]No one understood what I felt for Mary
[01:25.58]No one cared until the night she went out walking alone
[01:31.96]And never came home
[01:35.52]Man with a badge came knocking next morning
[01:39.64]Here was I surrounded by a thousand fingers suddenly
[01:46.58]Pointed right at me
[01:50.02]I swear I left her by the river
[01:57.27]I swear I left her safe and sound
[02:04.55]I need to make it to the river
[02:10.11]And leave this old Nebraska town
[02:16.30]
[02:20.06]I think about my life gone by
[02:23.19]And how it's done me wrong
[02:27.19]There's no escape for me this time
[02:30.75]All of my rescues are gone' long gone
[02:43.62]
[03:04.88]I swear I left her by the river
[03:11.94]I swear I left her safe and sound
[03:19.62]I need to make it to the river
[03:24.38]And leave this old Nebraska town