My mother came to hazard when I was just seven
  even then the folks in town said
  with prejudiced eyes
  that boy's not right
  
  Three jears ago, when I came to know Mary
  first time that someone looked beyond the
  rumors and the lies
  and saw the man inside
  
  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
  
  No one understood, what I felt for mary
  no one cared untill the night she went out
  walking alone
  and never come home
  
  Man with a badge came knocking next morning
  here was I surrounded by a thousend fingers
  suddenly
  pointed right at me
  
  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
  
  I think about my live 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
  
  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