My

moth-

er

came

to

Haz-

ard

when

I

was

just

sev-

en

Ev-

en

then

the

folks

in

town

said

with

pre-

ju

dic

ed

ey-

es

That

boy's

not

right

.

.

.

Three

years

a-

go

when

I

came

to

know

Mar-

y

First

time

that

some

-

one

look

-

ed

be-

yond

the

ru-

mors

and

the

lies

And

saw

the

man

in-

side

.

.

.

We

used

to

walk

down

by

the

ri

-

ver

She

loved

to

watch

the

sun

go

down

We

used

to

walk

a

-

long

the

ri

-

ver

And

dream

our

way

out

of

this

town

.

.

.

No

one

un

-

der

-

stood

what

I

felt

for

Mary

No

one

cared

un-

til

the

night

she

went

out

walk-

ing

all

a-

lone

And

nev-

er

came

home

.

.

.

Man

with

a

badge

came

knock-

ing

next

mor-

ning

Here

I

was

sur-

round

-

ed

by

a

thous-

and

fing-

ers

sud-

den-

ly

Poin-

ted

right

at

me

.

.

.

I

swear

I

left

her

by

the

ri

-

ver

I

swear

I

left

her

safe

and

sound

I

need

to

make

it

to

the

ri

-

ver

And

leave

this

old

Ne

-

bras

-

ka

town

I

think

a-

bout

my

life

gone

by

And

how

it's

done

me

wrong

There's

no

es-

cape

for

me

this

time

All

of

my

res

-

cues

are

gone,

long

gone

I

swear

I

left

her

by

the

ri

-

ver

I

swear

I

left

her

safe

and

sound

I

need

to

make

it

to

the

ri

-

ver

And

leave

this

old

Ne

-

bras

-

ka

town

Ooh

ooh

ooh