
Date of issue: 18.08.1991
Song language: English
Powderfinger |
Look out Mama, there’s a white boat comin' up the river |
With a big red beacon, and a flag, and a man on the rail |
I think you’d better call John, 'cause it don’t look like they’re here to |
deliver the mail |
And it’s less than a mile away |
I hope they didn’t come to stay |
It’s got numbers on the side and a gun and it’s makin' big waves |
Daddy’s gone, my brother’s out hunting in the mountains |
Big John’s been drinking since the river took Emmy-Lou |
So the powers that be left me here to do the thinking |
And I just turned twenty-two |
I was wonderin' what to do |
The closer they got, the more those feelings grew |
Daddy’s rifle in my hand felt reassuring |
He told me, red means run son, numbers add up to nothing |
But when the first shot hit the dock, I saw it coming |
Raised my rifle to my eye |
Never stopped to wonder why |
Then I saw black and my face splashed in the sky |
Shelter me from the powder and the finger |
Cover me with the thought that pulled the trigger |
Just think of me as one you’d never figure |
Would fade away so young |
With so much left undone |
Remember me to my love, I know I’ll miss her |
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Big Big Man | 1991 |
Wheels | 1991 |
Selfish Heart | 1990 |
Riverside | 1991 |
Key To The World | 1991 |
California Kid | 2016 |
Deceiver | 1991 |
Never Goin' Back | 2016 |
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Dark Light | 1991 |
Seven Year Blues | 1991 |
Road Of Ruin | 1991 |
Bigger Fool Than Me | 1991 |
Buy Me A Car | 1991 |
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