Powderfinger-Neil Young

[ti:Powderfinger] [ar:Neil Young] [al:Chrome Dreams] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Powderfinger - Neil Young [00:09.79]Look out mama theres a white boat comin up the river [00:17.09]With a big red beacon and a flag and a man on the rail [00:24.83]I think youd better call john [00:26.95]Cause it dont look like theyre here to deliver the mail [00:32.94]And its less than a mile away [00:36.44]I hope they didnt come to stay [00:40.49]Its got numbers on the side and a gun [00:43.92]And its makin big waves [00:50.35] [00:56.90]Daddys gone my brothers out hunting in the mountains [01:04.02]Big johns been drinking since the river took emmy-lou [01:11.50]So the powers that be left me here to do the thinkin [01:19.31]And I just turned twenty-two [01:23.11]I was wonderin what to do [01:26.98]And the closer they got [01:29.16]The more those feelings grew [01:36.84] [01:43.27]Daddys rifle in my hand felt reassurin [01:50.38]He told me red means run son numbers add up to nothin [01:58.30]But when the first shot hit the docks I saw it comin [02:05.73]Raised my rifle to my eye [02:09.91]Never stopped to wonder why [02:13.41]Then I saw black [02:15.40]And my face splashed in the sky [02:21.14] [02:29.50]Shelter me from the powder and the finger [02:36.99]Cover me with the thought that pulled the trigger [02:41.49] [02:44.50]Think of me as one youd never figured [02:52.43]Would fade away so young [02:55.98]With so much left undone [02:59.85]Remember me to my love [03:02.97]I know Ill miss her