Richard Marx - Hazard

Lagu ini sudah akrab di telinga sejak lama walaupun tidak tahu judulnya apalagi hapal lirik atau lihat videonya. Yang jelas suara khas Richard Marx dan musiknya yang indah membuat orang langsung suka saat pertama kali mendengarnya. Kedengarannya seperti lagu romantis terutama bagi yang bahasa Inggrisnya pas-pasan seperti saya. Ternyata lagu maupun videonya menceritakan kisah tragis. Tetapi walau bagaimana pun, semuanya serasa sangat berkesan, setidaknya untuk saya sendiri.

Lirik:

My mother came to Hazard when I was just seven
Even then the folks in town said with prejudiced eyes
That boy's not right ...
Three years ago when I came to know Mary

First time that someone looked beyond the rumours and the lies
And saw the man inside ...

We used to walk down by the river
She loved to watch the sun go down
We used to walk along the river
And dream our way out of this town ...

No one understood what I felt for Mary
No one cared until the night she went out walking alone
And never came home ...
Man with a badge came knocking next morning
Here was I surrounded by a thousand fingers suddenly
Pointed right at me ...

I swear I left her by the river
I swear I left her safe and sound
I need to make it to the river
And leave this old Nebraska town

I think about my life gone by
And how it's done me wrong
There's no escape for me this time
All of my rescues are gone, long gone

I swear I left her by the river
I swear I left her safe and sound
I need to make it to the river
And leave this old Nebraska town ...


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