17. Five Minutes 18 My mother came to Hazzard when I was just seven, even then the folks in town said, 19. The prejudice dies, the black boy is not right. 20 Three years ago, when I came to know Mary for the first time, 21. 22 Someone looked beyond the rumours and the lies and saw the man inside. 23 We used to walk down by the river. 24 She loved to watch the sun go down. 25 We used to walk along the river and dream our way out of this town. 26 No one understood what I felt for Mary. 27 No one cared until the night she went out walking all alone and never came home. 28 A man with a badge came knocking next morning. 29 He was eye-surrounded by a thousand figures. 30 He came and suddenly pointed right at me. 31 I swear I left her by the river. 32 I swear I left her safe and sound. 33 I need to make it to the river and leave this old Nebraska town. 34 I think about my life gone by and how it's done me wrong. 35 There's no escape for me this time. 36 All of my rescues are gone. 37 I swear I left her by the river. 38 I swear I left her safe and sound. 39 I need to make it to the river and leave this old Nebraska town. 39 I need to make it to the river and leave this old Nebraska town. www.mooji.org