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Look out, Mama, |
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there's a white boat comin' up the river |
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With a big red beacon,and a flag, |
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and a man on the rail |
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I think you'd better call John, |
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'Cause it don't look like they're here |
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to deliver the mail |
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And it's less than a mile away |
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I hope they didn't come to stay |
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It's got numbers on the side |
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and a gun |
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And it's makin' big waves. |
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Daddy's gone, |
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my brother's out hunting in the mountains |
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Big John's been drinking |
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since the river took Emmy-Lou |
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So the powers that be |
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left me here to do the thinkin' |
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And I just turned twenty-two |
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I was wonderin' what to do |
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And the closer they got, |
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The more those feelings grew. |
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Daddy's rifle in my hand |
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felt reassurin' |
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He told me, |
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Red means run, son, |
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numbers add up to nothin' |
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But when the first shot |
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hit the docks I saw it comin' |
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Raised my rifle to my eye |
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Never stopped to wonder why. |
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Then I saw black, |
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And my face splashed in the sky. |
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Shelter me from the powder and the finger |
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Cover me with the thought |
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that pulled the trigger |
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Think of me |
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as one you'd never figured |
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Would fade away so young |
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With so much left undone |
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Remember me to my love, |
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I know I'll miss her. |
