[00:31.35]My mother came to hazard when I was just seven
[00:35.72]Even then the folks in town said with prejudiced eyes
[00:41.70]
[00:42.51]That boy's not right
[00:45.63]
[00:46.69]Three years ago when I came to know Mary
[00:50.56]
[00:51.07]First time that someone looked beyond the rumors and the lies
[00:57.67]And saw the man inside
[01:00.89]
[01:01.70]We used to walk down by the river
[01:07.56]
[01:09.25]She loved to watch the sun go down
[01:15.37]
[01:16.99]We used to walk along the river
[01:23.98]
[01:24.79]And dream our way out of this town
[01:30.28]
[01:48.31]No one understood what I felt for Mary
[01:52.07]
[01:52.63]No one cared until the night she went out walking alone
[01:58.48]
[01:59.29]And never came home
[02:02.24]
[02:03.66]Man with a badge came knocking next morning
[02:07.98]Here was I surrounded by a thousand fingers suddenly
[02:13.59]
[02:14.58]Pointed right at me
[02:17.46]
[02:18.65]I swear I left her by the river
[02:25.22]
[02:26.27]I swear I left her safe and sound
[02:32.55]
[02:33.92]I need to make it to the river
[02:40.85]
[02:41.71]And leave this old Nebraska town
[02:47.15]
[02:50.20]I think about my life gone by
[02:53.58]And how it's done me wrong
[02:56.70]
[02:57.87]There's no escape for me this time
[03:01.38]All of my rescues are gone, long gone
[03:07.98]
[03:37.50]I swear I left her by the river
[03:43.50]
[03:45.05]I swear I left her safe and sound
[03:51.48]
[03:52.91]I need to make it to the river
[03:59.72]
[04:00.46]And leave this old Nebraska town