verse 1
Her hair was dyed black and she was bending down
Picking something from off the ground
She was seventeen
And he said, ?Oh my god, it?s Kate?
She said ?No, I?m the daughter of Kate
My name is Martha, who are you?
Ma never told me, never told me about you?
Interlude
verse 2
He put his big middle-aged hands upon her shoulders
And he looked her in the eyes
Just like a boy of nineteen would do
And she was not afraid
No, she was not afraid
verse 3
Once upon a time two kids in love, in a car, were flyin? over mountains
Trying to catch a boat that?d take ?em up river to home
And they raced the Matapedia
Sixty minutes, sixty miles
Thirty minutes, thirty miles
And I was not afraid
No, I was not afraid
Interlude
verse 4
Well, we made the boat with minutes to spare
And we crossed on over to the other side
Back home, safe and sound
But I could not slow down
No, I could not slow down
(I could not slow down)
And we raced the Matapedia
Sixty minutes, sixty miles
Thirty minutes, thirty miles
But I could not slow down
No, I could not slow down
(I could not slow down)
And I was not afraid
No, I was not afraid
(I was not afraid)
And I was not afraid