[00:30.879]My mother came to Hazard when I was just seven
[00:35.207]Even then the folks in town said with prejudiced eyes
[00:41.871]“That boy's not right ” “
[00:46.471]Three years ago when I came to know Mary
[00:50.593]First time that someone looked beyond the rumours and the lies
[00:57.348]And saw the man inside
[01:01.404]We used to walk down by the river
[01:08.874]She loved to watch the sun go down
[01:16.564]We used to walk along the river
[01:24.597]And dream our way out of this town
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[01:47.755]No one understood what I felt for Mary
[01:51.734]No one cared
[01:53.241]until the night she went out walking along and never came home
[02:03.129]Man with a badge came knocking next morning
[02:07.502]Here was I surrounded by a thousand fingers suddenly
[02:14.203]Pointed right at me
[02:18.378]I swear I left her by the river
[02:25.718]I swear I left her safe and sound
[02:33.392]I need to make it to the river
[02:41.193]And leave this old Nebraska town
[02:49.846]I think about my life gone by
[02:53.337]And how it's done me wrong
[02:57.467]There's no escape for me this time
[03:00.901]All of my rescues are gone, long gone
[03:08.461]
[03:37.251]I swear I left her by the river
[03:44.617]I swear I left her safe and sound
[03:52.238]Oh I need to make it to the river
[04:00.288]And leave this old Nebraska town
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