The River
I come from down in the valley
- I come from down in the valley
- Where mister when you're young
- They bring you up to do like your daddy done
- Me and Mary we met in high school
- When she was just seventeen
- We'd drive outta this valley down to where the fields were green
- We'd go down to the river
- And into the river we'd dive
- Oh down to the river we'd ride
- Then I got Mary pregnant
- And man that was all she wrote
- And for my 19th 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
- That night we'd go down to the river
- And into the river we'd dive
- Oh down to the river we'd ride
- 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 I know 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
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