Powderfinger Lyrics - The Caution Horses - Cowboy Junkies

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, 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 all the thinking 

And I just turned twenty-two 

I was wondering what to do 

And the closer they got, 

The more those feelings grew 

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Daddy's rifle in my hand felt reassuring 

He told me, 'Red means run, Son, numbers add up to nothing' 

But when that first shot hit the dock, I saw it coming 

Raised the rifle to my eye 

Never stopped to wonder why 

Then I saw black and my face flash in the sky 

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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, 

to fade away so young 

with so much left undone 

Remember me to my love 

I know I'll miss her