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