BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - The River lyrics

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I come from down in the valley where mister when you're young<br>They bring you up to do like your daddy done<br>Me and mary we met in high school when she was just seventeen<br>We'd ride out of that valley down to where the fields were green<br><br>We'd go down to the river<br>And into the river we'd dive<br>Oh down to the river we'd ride<br><br>Then I got mary pregnant and man that was all she wrote<br>And for my nineteen birthday I got a union card and a wedding coat<br>We went down to the courthouse and the judge put it all to rest<br>No wedding day smiles no walk down the aisle<br>No flowers no wedding dress<br>That night we went down to the river<br>And into the river we'd dive<br>On down to the river we did ride<br><br>I got a job working construction for the johnstown company<br>But lately there ain't been much work on account of the economy<br>Now all them things that seemed so important<br>Well mister they vanished right into the air<br>Now I just act like I don't remember, mary acts like she don't care<br>But I remember us riding in my brother's car<br>Her body tan and wet down at the reservoir<br>At night on them banks I'd lie awake<br>And pull her close just to feel each breath she'd take<br>Now those memories come back to haunt me, they haunt me like a curse<br>Is a dream a lie if it don't come true<br>Or is it something worse that sends me<br>Down to the river though I know the river is dry<br>Down to the river, my baby and i<br>Oh down to the river we ride