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My mother came to Hazard |
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When I was just seven |
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Even then the folks in town |
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Said with prejudiced eyes |
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That boy's not right, three years ago |
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When I came to know Mary |
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First time that someone looked beyond the rumors |
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And the lies and saw the man inside |
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We used to walk down by the river |
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She loved to watch the sun go down |
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We used to walk along the river |
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And dream our way out of this town |
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No one understood what I felt for Mary |
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No one cared until the night |
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She went out walking alone |
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And never came home |
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Man with a badge came |
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Knocking next morning, here was I surrounded |
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By a thousand fingers suddenly |
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Pointed right at me |
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I swear, I left her by the river |
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I swear, I left her safe and sound |
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I need to make it to the river |
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And leave this old Nebraska town |
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I think about my life gone by |
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And how it's done me wrong |
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There's no escape for me this time |
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All of my rescues are gone, long gone |
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I swear, I left her by the river |
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I swear, I left her safe and sound |
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I need to make it to the river |
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And leave this old Nebraska town |
