[00:14.248]Look out, Mama,
[00:15.675]there's a white boat comin' up the river
[00:22.328]With a big red beacon,and a flag,
[00:25.819]and a man on the rail
[00:30.819]I think you'd better call John,
[00:33.458]'Cause it don't look like they're here
[00:35.138]to deliver the mail
[00:39.673]And it's less than a mile away
[00:43.996]I hope they didn't come to stay
[00:48.195]It's got numbers on the side
[00:50.204]and a gun
[00:51.480]And it's makin' big waves.
[00:55.451]
[01:06.067]Daddy's gone,
[01:07.948]my brother's out hunting in the mountains
[01:14.379]Big John's been drinking
[01:15.633]since the river took Emmy-Lou
[01:22.956]So the powers that be
[01:24.956]left me here to do the thinkin'
[01:31.488]And I just turned twenty-two
[01:36.015]I was wonderin' what to do
[01:40.459]And the closer they got,
[01:42.583]The more those feelings grew.
[01:46.882]
[02:48.942]Daddy's rifle in my hand
[02:52.114]felt reassurin'
[02:56.899]He told me,
[02:58.264]Red means run, son,
[02:59.831]numbers add up to nothin'
[03:05.814]But when the first shot
[03:07.830]hit the docks I saw it comin'
[03:14.077]Raised my rifle to my eye
[03:18.583]Never stopped to wonder why.
[03:23.245]Then I saw black,
[03:25.190]And my face splashed in the sky.
[03:28.129]
[04:31.174]Shelter me from the powder and the finger
[04:39.702]Cover me with the thought
[04:42.276]that pulled the trigger
[04:47.910]Think of me
[04:49.942]as one you'd never figured
[04:56.203]Would fade away so young
[05:01.006]With so much left undone
[05:05.662]Remember me to my love,
[05:08.344]I know I'll miss her.