♪♪♪ ♪ 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 RUMORS AND THE 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 WALKING ALL ALONE ♪ ♪ AND NEVER CAME HOME ♪ ♪ MAN WITH A BADGE CAME KNOCKING NEXT MORNING ♪ ♪ 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 ♪ ♪♪♪ - ANSWER THE QUESTION - I DIDN'T DATE HER - YOU DIDN'T DATE HER? SHE MADE YOU JEALOUS, DIDN'T SHE? - ALL RIGHT, SHERIFF! WHAT'S THE POINT? - THIS IS THE POINT! DO YOU RECOGNIZE THIS? HOW DID YOU TIE THIS FROM MISS MARY'S NECK? ♪ 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 ♪ ♪ OOH-OOH-OOH ♪ ♪♪♪ - [MARY] YOU KNOW, EVERYONE THINKS I SHOULD BE AFRAID OF YOU BUT I'M NOT
