Powderfinger (2016 Remaster)
Neil Young"Powderfinger (2016 Remaster)" is a song by Neil Young, released in 1979 in the Pop genre. The song is 5:02 long and contains 24 lines and 219 words.
Lyrics
0:01Look out Mama there's a white boat comin' up the river
0:09With a big red beacon and a flag and a man on the rail
0:17I think you'd better call John 'cause it don't look like they're here to deliver the mail
0:27And it's less than a mile away
0:31I hope they didn't come to stay
0:35It's got numbers on the side and a gun and it's makin' big waves
0:54Daddy's gone my brother's out hunting in the mountains
1:02Big John's been drinking since the river took Emmy-Lou
1:11So the powers that be left me here to do the thinking
1:20And I just turned twenty-two
1:24I was wonderin' what to do
1:29The closer they got the more those feelings grew
2:33Daddy's rifle in my hand felt reassuring
2:49He told me red means run son numbers add up to nothing
2:58But when the first shot hit the dock I saw it coming
3:07Raised my rifle to my eye
3:26Never stopped to wonder why
4:02Then I saw black and my face splashed in the sky
4:28Shelter me from the powder and the finger
4:37Cover me with the thought that pulled the trigger
4:46Just think of me as one you'd never figure
4:55Would fade away so young
5:00With so much left undone
5:02Remember me to my love I know I'll miss her
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 So the powers that be left me here to do the thinking And I just turned twenty-two I was wonderin' what to do The closer they got the more those feelings grew Daddy's rifle in my hand felt reassuring He told me red means run son numbers add up to nothing But when the first shot hit the dock I saw it coming 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'd never figure Would fade away so young With so much left undone Remember me to my love I know I'll miss her
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