[ti:Hazard] [ar:Richard Marx] [al:Hits & Ballads] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.59]Richard Marx [00:01.34]Hazard [00:01.78] [00:32.08]My mother came to hazard when I was just seven [00:36.37]Even then the folks in town said with prejudiced eyes [00:40.81] [00:43.59]That boy's not right [00:45.17] [00:48.22]Three years ago when I came to know Mary [00:51.65]First time that someone looked beyond the rumors and the lies [00:56.28] [00:58.34]And saw the man inside [00:59.97] [01:02.91]We used to walk down by the river [01:06.22] [01:10.01]She loved to watch the sun go down [01:14.07] [01:18.21]We used to walk along the river [01:22.40] [01:25.90]And dream our way out of this town [01:30.59] [01:49.75]No one understood what I felt for Mary [01:53.30]No one cared until the night she went out walking alone [01:57.80] [01:59.93]And never came home [02:01.36] [02:04.30]Man with a badge came knocking next morning [02:06.93] [02:08.93]Here was I surrounded by a thousand fingers suddenly [02:11.30] [02:12.49]Pointed right at me [02:16.36] [02:19.30]I swear I left her by the river [02:23.11] [02:26.68]I swear I left her safe and sound [02:31.43] [02:34.43]I need to make it to the river [02:38.24] [02:42.49]And leave this old Nebraska town [02:46.10] [02:50.72]I think about my life gone by [02:52.91] [02:54.81]And how it's done me wrong [02:56.87] [02:58.18]There's no escape for me this time [03:00.62] [03:01.62]All of my rescues are gone long gone [03:06.22] [03:40.05]I swear I left her by the river [03:43.98] [03:45.55]I swear I left her safe and sound [03:49.61] [03:53.55]I need to make it to the river [03:57.11] [04:01.61]And leave this old Nebraska town