The river

The river


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I come from down in the valley, where mister when you're young
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They bring you up to do, like your daddy's done
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Me and Mary we met in Highschool, when she was just seventeen
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We'd ride out of that valley down to where the fields were green

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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

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Then I got Mary pregnant and man that was all she wrote
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And for my nineteenth birthday I got a union car and a wedding coat
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We went down to the courthouse and the judge put it all to rest
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No weddingday smiles, no walk down the aisle, no flowers no wedding dress

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That night we went down to the river, and into the river we'd dive
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Oooooh down to the river we did ride

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

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

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That sends me down to the river, though I know the river is dry
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That sends me down to the river tonight
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Down to the river, my baby and I
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Oh, down to the river we ride