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Gotta say, this song has me completely mesmerized.  Thematically, it reminds me of Neil Young's "Down By The River."  Lyrics are tough to decipher, but kudos to Bruce for leaving the original vocal intact on the track. The music and the melody is just so beautiful and sad. Tried my hand at transcribing the lyrics as best as I could. If anyone hears something different, please chime in.

In the tall grass we held down

Down by the river we laid plans

Of what would and would not be

Was impossible to see

 

Their black boots shone in the sun

And there waiting on the Allenville train my baby's on

Little girl with long black hair

Do you know what lies beneath the long coats that they wear

 

Once I swore you'd ride with me (................)

Down where this river meets the sea (I'll make you mine forever more)

Over these dark hills I'd walk alone (Just to hold you in my arms)

To lie with you on a bed of stone

 

River blood red with the years

You can flood this settlement with a thousand tears

Wash away all that's been gone

But you'll never wash away these eyes

 

Or the, stray bullets that shot my baby down

Stray bullets that shot my baby down

Stray bullets that shot my baby down

Stray bullets that shot my baby down

 

STRAY BULLET

In the tall grass we held hands,
down by the river we made plans
of what would and would not be
it was impossible to see,

The black boots shown in the sun,
we were waitin' on the Annandale train with my baby to come,
little girl with the long black hair,
do you know what lies beneath the long coats that they wear,

Once I swore you'd ride with me, (to ride distant shores)
down where this river meets the sea, (to make you mine forever more)
over these dark hills I walk alone, (I still hold you in my arms)
alive with you on a bed of stone,

river blood red with the years,
you can flood this valley with a thousand tears,
wash away all that's been found,
but you'll never wash away the sound

of the stray bullet that shot my baby down, (stray bullet that shot my baby down)
of the stray bullet that shot my baby down, (stray bullet that shot my baby down)
of the stray bullet that shot my baby down, (stray bullet that shot my baby down)
of the stray bullet that shot my baby down, (stray bullet that shot my baby down)
of the stray bullet that shot my baby down...

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Just listened to this and I have to say that my mind is blown away with this one...what a beautiful haunting song and I can't understand why this one has been hidden away for all these years....WOW!

Son we're lucky in this town, it's a beautiful place to be born...

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