Powderfinger

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 ya better call John

'cause it don't look like he's here to deliver the mail

And it's less than a mile away

I hope he didn't come to stay

It's got numbers on the side and a gun

And it's makin' big waves

Daddy's gone, and my brother's out huntin' in the mountian

Big John's been drinkin' since the river took Emmy-Lu

So the powers that be

Left me here to do the thinkin'

And I just turned 22

I was wonderin' what to do

And the closer they got, the more those feelings grew

Daddy's rifle in my hands felt re-assuring

He said red means run, son, numbers add up to nothing

When the first shot hit the docks

I saw it coming

Raised my 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'd never figure

Would fade away so young

With so much left un-done

Remember me to my love, I know I will miss her