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