Hazard

Richard Marx

1. My mother came to hazard when I was just seven
   Even then the folks in town said with predjudiced 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

R: 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

2. No one understood what I felt for mary
   No one cared until the night she went out walking 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

R: 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

R2:I think about my life gone by
   And how it’s done me wrong
   There’s no escape for me this time
   All of my rescues are gone, long gone

R: 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