[ti:hazard] [ar:richard marx] [al:] [offset:500] [00:02]Richard Marx [00:05]Hazard [00:29][00:19] [00:30]My mother came to hazard when I was just seven [00:35]Even then the folks in town said with prejudiced eyes [00:42]That boy's not right [00:46]Three years ago when I came to know Mary [00:50]First time that someone looked beyond the rumors and the lies [00:57]And saw the man inside [01:01]We used to walk down by the river [01:09]She loved to watch the sun go down [01:16]We used to walk along the river [01:24]And dream our way out of this town [01:31] [01:48]No one understood what I felt for Mary [01:52]No one cared until the night she went out walking alone [01:59]And never came home [02:03]Man with a badge came knocking next morning [02:07]Here was I surrounded by a thousand fingers suddenly [02:14]Pointed right at me [02:17] [02:18]I swear I left her by the river [02:25]I swear I left her safe and sound [02:33]I need to make it to the river [02:41]And leave this old Nebraska town [02:47] [02:50]I think about my life gone by [02:53]And how it's done me wrong [02:57]There's no escape for me this time [03:01]All of my rescues are gone, long gone [04:08][03:11] [03:36]I swear I left her by the river [03:44]I swear I left her safe and sound [03:52]I need to make it to the river [04:00]And leave this old Nebraska town