lyrics: from the lp cover/audio chords: audio corrections/suggestions (especially on 'ride my llama' and 'sedan delivery' - see below) welcomed -----------------
Powderfinger : Rust Never Sleeps
Look out, Ma, 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'ld 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 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 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 feelin's grew
inter-verse:
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 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
inter-verse
Shelter me from the powder and the finger Cover me with the one 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
