From: rickl1@ix.netcom.com Cry Cry Cry Cold Missouri Waters written by James Keelaghan Richard Shindell lead vocals/acoustic guitar Dar Williams harmony Lucy Kaplansky harmony Billy Masters guitar Chuck Parrish acoustic guitar D Bm My name is Dodge but then you know that G D A It's written on the chart there at the foot end of the of the bed D Bm They think I'm blind that I can't read it G D A I've read it every word and every word it says is death Bm G D So confession Is that the reason that you came Bm G A Get it off my chest before I check out of the game Bm G D Since you mention it well there's thirteen things I'll name Em Em/F# G A Bm Thirteen crosses high above the cold Missouri waters D Bm August 49 North Montana G D A The hottest day on record the forest tinder dry D Bm Lightning strikes in the mountains G I was crew chief at the jump base D A I prepared the boys to fly Bm G D Pick the drop zone C47 comes in low Bm G A Feel the tap upon your leg that tells you go Bm G D See the circle of the fire down below Em Em/F# G A Bm Fifteen of us dropped above the cold Missouri waters D Bm Gauged the fire I'd seen bigger G D A So I ordered them to side hill we'd fight it from below D Bm We'd have our backs to the river G D A We'd have it licked by morning even if we took it slow Bm G D But the fire crowned jumped the valley just ahead Bm G A There was no way down headed for the ridge instead Bm G D Too big to fight it we'd have to fight that slope instead Em Em/F# G A Bm Flames one step behind above the cold Missouri waters D Bm Sky had turned red smoke was boiling G Two hundred yards to saftey D A Death was fifty yards behind D Bm I don't know why I just thought it G D A I struck a match to waist high grass running out of time Bm G D Tried to tell them step into this fire I've set Bm G A We can't make it this is the only chance you'll get Bm But they cursed me G D Ran for the rocks above instead Em Em/F# G A Bm I lay face down and prayed above the cold Missouri waters D Bm Then when I rose like the phoenix G In that world reduced to ashes D A There was none but two survived D Bm I stayed that night and one day after G Carried bodies to the river D A Wondering how I stayed alive Bm G D Thirteen stations of the cross to mark their fall Bm G A I've had my say I'll confess to nothing more Bm G D I'll join them now those that they left me long before Em Em/F# G A Bm Thirteen crosses high above the cold Missouri waters Cry Cry Cry Razor & Tie Records 1998 Green Linnet Music(ASCAP)