MY MOTHER
CAME TO HAZARD WHEN
I WAS JUST SEVEN
EVEN THEN
THE FOLKS IN TOWN
SAID WITH
PREJUDICED EYES
THAT BOY'S NOT RIGHT
THREE YEARS AGO WHEN
I CAME TO KNOW MARY
FIRST TIME THAT
SOMEONE
LOOKED BEYOND
THE RUMORS AND
THE LIES
AND SAW THE MAN INSIDE
WE USED TO WALK DOWN
BY THE RIVER
SHE LOVED TO WATCH
THE SUN GO DOWN
WE USED TO WALK ALONG
THE RIVER
AND DREAM OUR WAY
OUT OF THIS TOWN
NO ONE UNDERSTOOD
WHAT I FELT FOR MARY
NO ONE CARED
UNTIL THE NIGHT
SHE WENT OUT
WALKING ALONE
AND NEVER CAME HOME
MAN WITH A BADGE
CAME KNOCKING
NEXT MORNING
HERE WAS I
SURROUNDED BY
A THOUSAND FINGERS
SUDDENLY
POINTED RIGHT AT ME
I SWEAR I LEFT HER
BY THE RIVER
I SWEAR I LEFT HER
SAFE AND SOUND
I NEED TO MAKE IT TO
THE RIVER
AND LEAVE THIS
OLD NEBRASKA TOWN
I THINK ABOUT
MY LIFE GONE BY
AND HOW
IT'S DONE ME WRONG
THERE'S NO ESCAPE
FOR ME THIS TIME
ALL OF MY RESCUES
ARE GONE LONG GONE
I SWEAR I LEFT HER
BY THE RIVER
I SWEAR I LEFT HER
SAFE AND SOUND
OH I NEED TO MAKE IT TO
THE RIVER
AND LEAVE THIS
OLD NEBRASKA TOWN
OOH OOH OOH