Hazard-Richard Marx

[ti:Hazard] [ar:Richard Marx] [al:Stories To Tell] [by:] [offset:0] [00:08.70]My mother came to hazard when I was just seven [00:13.01]Even then the folks in town said with prejudiced eyes [00:19.14]That boy's not right [00:23.14]Three years ago when I came to know Mary [00:27.26]First time that someone looked beyond the rumors and the lies [00:33.45]And saw the man inside [00:37.33]We used to walk down by the river [00:44.39]She loved to watch the sun go down [00:51.89]We used to walk along the river [00:59.45]And dream our way out of this town [01:21.45]No one understood what I felt for Mary [01:25.58]No one cared until the night she went out walking alone [01:31.95]And never came home [01:35.52]Man with a badge came knocking next morning [01:39.64]Here was I surrounded by a thousand fingers suddenly [01:46.58]Pointed right at me [01:50.02]I swear I left her by the river [01:57.27]I swear I left her safe and sound [02:04.55]I need to make it to the river [02:10.11]And leave this old Nebraska town [02:16.29] [02:20.06]I think about my life gone by [02:23.18]And how it's done me wrong [02:27.19]There's no escape for me this time [02:30.75]All of my rescues are gone' long gone [02:43.62] [03:04.87]I swear I left her by the river [03:11.93]I swear I left her safe and sound [03:19.62]I need to make it to the river [03:24.37]And leave this old Nebraska town