[ti:hazard] [ar:richard marx] [by:] [00:01.50]Richard Marx [00:04.50]Hazard [00:28.50][00:18.50] [00:29.50]My mother came to hazard when I was just seven [00:34.50]Even then the folks in town said with prejudiced eyes [00:41.50]That boy's not right [00:45.50]Three years ago when I came to know Mary [00:49.50]First time that someone looked beyond the rumors and the lies [00:56.50]And saw the man inside [01:00.50]We used to walk down by the river [01:08.50]She loved to watch the sun go down [01:15.50]We used to walk along the river [01:23.50]And dream our way out of this town [01:30.50] [01:47.50]No one understood what I felt for Mary [01:51.50]No one cared until the night she went out walking alone [01:58.50]And never came home [02:02.50]Man with a badge came knocking next morning [02:06.50]Here was I surrounded by a thousand fingers suddenly [02:13.50]Pointed right at me [02:16.50] [02:17.50]I swear I left her by the river [02:24.50]I swear I left her safe and sound [02:32.50]I need to make it to the river [02:40.50]And leave this old Nebraska town [02:46.50] [02:49.50]I think about my life gone by [02:52.50]And how it's done me wrong [02:56.50]There's no escape for me this time [03:00.50]All of my rescues are gone, long gone [04:07.50][03:10.50] [03:35.50]I swear I left her by the river [03:43.50]I swear I left her safe and sound [03:51.50]I need to make it to the river [03:59.50]And leave this old Nebraska town