[encoding:iso-8859-15] [offset:-500] [ar:Richard Marx] [ti:Hazard] [00:02.00]Richard Marx [00:19.00] [00:05.00]Hazard [00:29.00] [00:30.00]My mother came to hazard when I was just seven [00:35.00]Even then the folks in town said with prejudiced eyes [00:42.00]That boy's not right [00:46.00]Three years ago when I came to know Mary [00:50.00]First time that someone looked beyond the rumors and the lies [00:57.00]And saw the man inside [01:01.00]We used to walk down by the river [01:09.00]She loved to watch the sun go down [01:16.00]We used to walk along the river [01:24.00]And dream our way out of this town [01:31.00] [01:48.00]No one understood what I felt for Mary [01:52.00]No one cared until the night she went out walking alone [01:59.00]And never came home [02:03.00]Man with a badge came knocking next morning [02:07.00]Here was I surrounded by a thousand fingers suddenly [02:14.00]Pointed right at me [02:17.00] [02:18.00]I swear I left her by the river [02:25.00]I swear I left her safe and sound [02:33.00]I need to make it to the river [02:41.00]And leave this old Nebraska town [02:47.00] [02:50.00]I think about my life gone by [02:53.00]And how it's done me wrong [02:57.00]There's no escape for me this time [03:11.00] [03:36.00]I swear I left her by the river [03:44.00]I swear I left her safe and sound [03:52.00]I need to make it to the river [04:00.00]And leave this old Nebraska town [03:01.00]All of my rescues are gone, long gone [04:08.00]