Cowboy Junkies - Powderfinger текст песни

Look out, mama, theres a white boat coming up the river,

With a big red beacon and a flag and a man on the rail

I think youd better call john

cause it dont look like theyre here to deliver the mail

And its less than a mile away

I hope they didnt come to stay

Its got numbers on the side and a gun,

And its making big waves

Daddys gone, my brothers out hunting in the mountains

Big johns been drinking since the river took emmy lou

So the powers that be left me here to do all the thinking

And I just turned twenty-two

I was wondering what to do

And the closer they got,

The more those feelings grew

Daddys rifle in my hand felt reassuring

He told me, red means run, son, numbers add up to nothing

But when that first shot hit the dock, I saw it coming

Raised the rifle to my eye

Never stopped to wonder why

Then I saw black and my face flash in the sky

Shelter me from the powder and the finger

Cover me with the thought that pulled the trigger

Just think of me as one you never figured,

To fade away so young

With so much left undone

Remember me to my love

I know Ill miss her