Neil Young - Powderfinger lyrics

Look out, Mama
There's a white boat coming 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 making big waves

Daddy's gone and my brother's out
Huntin' in the mountains
Big John's been drinkin' since the
River took Emmy Lou
So 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 feelings grew

Daddy's rifle in my hand felt reassurin'
He said red meant run and
Numbers add up to nothin'
When the first shot hit the
Dock 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
Just think of me as one you never figured
Would fade away so young
With so much left undone
Remember me to my love i know I'll miss her