Powderfinger

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Look out, Ma, there's a white 
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boat coming 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
'Cause it don't look like they're 
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here to deliver the mail
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And it's less than a mile away
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And I hope they didn't come to stay
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It's got numbers on the side and a 
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gun
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And it's making big waves___

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Daddy's gone and my brother's out 
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hunting in the mountains
Continúa después del anuncio
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Big John's been drinking since the 
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river took Emmy Lou
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So the powers that be left me here 
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to do the thinking
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And I just turned twenty-two
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I was wondering what to do
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And the closer they got
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The more those feeling's grew___
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Daddy's rifle in my hand felt 
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reassuring
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He said, "Red means run, son, and 
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numbers add up to nothing"
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When the first shot hit the dock I 
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saw it coming
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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 and my face 
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splashed in the sky___

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Shelter me from the powder and the 
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finger
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Cover me with the thought that 
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pulled the trigger
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Just think of me as one you never 
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figured
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We fade away so young
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So much left undone
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Remember me to my love, I know 
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I'll miss her___