Powderfinger The Watson Twins

[Verse 1]
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

[Verse 2]
Daddy's gone, 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 feelings grew
La la la la
La la la laaaa la la
Oohhhhhhhh hoooooo

[Verse 3]
Daddy's rifle in my hand felt reassurin'
He told me, red means run son, numbers add up to nothin'
But when the first shot hit the docks, 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
La la la la
La la la laaaa la la
Oohhhhhhhh hoooooo
Hooooo hoooo hoooo