Powderfinger
Neil Young
GLook out, Ma, there's a Cwhite boat comin' up the Griver
With a Cbig red beacon and a flag and a man on the raiGl
I think you'd Cbetter call John
'cause it don't look like they're here to Hmdeliver the Cmail
And it's Hmless than a mile Caway
I Hmhope they didn't come to Cstay
It's got Hmnumbers on the side and a Cgun
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Gand it's makin' big waves
GDaddy's gone and my Cbrother's out huntin' in the Gmountains
Big CJohn's been drinkin' since the river took Emmy GLou
So the Cpowers that be left me here to do the Hmthinkin'C
And I Hmjust turned twenty-Ctwo
I was Hmwonderin' what to Cdo
And the Hmcloser they got
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GThe more those feelin's grew
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GDaddy's rifle in my Chand felt reaGssurin’
He told me C"Red means run, son, and numbers add up to Gnothin'"
When the Cfirst shot hit the dock I saw it Hmcomin'C
Raised my Hmrifle to my Ceye
Never Hmstopped to wonder Cwhy
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GThen I saw black and my face splashed in the sky
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GShelter me from the Cpowder and the Gfinger
CCover me with the thought that pulled the Gtrigger
Just Cthink of me as one you never HmfiguredC
Would Hmfade away so Cyoung
HmSo much left Cundone
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GRemember me to my love, I know I'll miss her