Hazard

Ada satu lagu yang sangat deep in meaning dan sangat touching... dan, saking menyentuhnya lagu itu sampai ingatan aku menganggap lagu itu unforgettable even if you try really hard... ya aku mengaku, benar banget kalo lagu yang bagus itu ada banyak sekali, tapi yang bisa meninggalkan bekasnya dikepala kita itu sungguh tidak banyak... only a few could pull it off. 

And one of those few touching songs is Hazard, sebuah lagu ciptaan dari dan dinyanyikan sendiri oleh Richard Marx. Karena lagu ini juga, I came to like all of his songs... yeah, it's true... lagu inilah yang membawaku mendengarkan semua lagu yang dia nyanyikan... his voice blended with the song... such an amazing harmony... such a tender melody...

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 ...