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 RUMOURS AND 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
WALKIN' ALONE
AND NEVER CAME HOME
MAN WITH A BADGE CAME
KNOCKIN' NEXT MORNIN'
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
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
HOO... HOO... HOO...