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Composer: Neil Young

Neil Young - Powderfinger lyrics



Look out, Mama, there's a white boat comin' up the river
With a big red beacon, and a flag, and a man on the rail
I think you'd better call John, 'cause it don't
look like they're here to deliver the mail
And it's less than a mile away
I hope they didn't come to stay
It's got numbers on the side and a gun
and it's makin' big waves.

Daddy's gone, my brother's out
hunting in the mountains
Big John's been drinking since the river took Emmy-Lou
Seems the Powers That Be left me here to do the thinkin'
And I just turned twenty two
I was wonderin' what to do
And the closer they got,
The more those feelin's grew.

Daddy's rifle in my hand felt reassurin'
He told me, "Red means run, son,
and numbers add up to nothin'"
When the first shot hit the docks I saw it comin'
Raised my rifle to my eye
Never stopped to wonder why.
Then I saw black, and my face splashed in the sky.

Shelter me from the powder and the finger
Cover me with the thought that pulled the trigger
Think of me as one you'd never figured
Would fade away so young
With so much left undone
Remember me to my love, I know I'll miss her.
Songs list of album: Live Rust (1979)
         Title Rating
01   Sugar Mountain lyrics   -
02    I Am a Child lyrics Add lyrics   -
03    Comes a Time lyrics Add lyrics   -
04    After the Gold Rush lyrics Add lyrics   -
05    My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue) lyrics Add lyrics   -
06   When You Dance You Can Really Love lyrics   -
07   The Loner lyrics   -
08    The Needle and the Damage Done lyrics Add lyrics   -
09   Lotta Love lyrics   -
10   Sedan Delivery lyrics   -
11   Powderfinger lyrics   -
12    Cortez the Killer lyrics Add lyrics   -
13   Cinnamon Girl lyrics   -
14    Like a Hurricane lyrics Add lyrics   -
15    Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) lyrics Add lyrics   -
16    Tonight's the Night lyrics Add lyrics   -
 

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