Springsteen, Bruce - The River

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I come from down in the valley
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Where mister, when you're young
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They bring you up to do like your daddy done
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Me and Mary we met at high school
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When she was just seventeen
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We'd drive out of this valley
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Down to where the fields were green

Chorus:
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We'd go down to the river and into the river we'd dive
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Oh, down to the river we'd ride


Then I got Mary pregnant
And man, that was all she wrote
And for my 19-th birthday I got a Union card and a wedding coat
We went down to the courthouse
And the judge put it all to rest
No wedding day smiles, no walk down the aisle
No flowers, no wedding dress

Chorus (That night we went down to ..)

I got a job working construction
For the Johnstown Company
But lately there ain't been much work on account of the economy
Now all them things that seemed so important
Well, mister they vanished right into the air
Now I just act like I don't remember
Mary acts like she don't care


But I remember us riding in my brother's car
Her body tan and wet down at the reservoir
At night on them banks I'd lie awake
And pull her close just to feel each breath she'd take
Now those memories come back to haunt me
They haunt me like a curse
Is a dream a lie if it don't come true
Or is it something worse


That sends me down to the river though the river is dry
That sends me down to the river tonight


Down to the river, my baby and I
Oh down to the river we ride