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My mother came to Hazrard when I was just seven
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Even then the folks in town said with prejudised eyes
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That boy's not right
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Treee years ago when I came to know Mary
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First time that someone look beyond the rumours and the lies
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And saw the man inside
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We used to walk down by the river
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She loves to watch the sun go down
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We used to walk along the ri.... ver
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And dream our way out of this town
Intro
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No one understood what I felt for Mary
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No one cared until the night she went out walking all alone
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And never came home
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Man with the badge came knocking next morning
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Here was I surrounded by a thousand fingers suddenly
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Pointing 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 ri.... ver
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And leave this old Nebraska town
Bridge
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Thinkng about my life going by
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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 rescue are gone, long gone
Guitar Break
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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 ri.... ver
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And leave this old Nebraska town
(Fade to end...)