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