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The River
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Bruce Springsteen
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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 met in high school when she was just seventeen We'd ride out of that 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 For my nineteenth birthday, I got a union card and a wеdding coat We went down to the courthousе and the judge put it all to rest No wedding day smile, no walk down the aisle No flowers, no wedding dress That night, we went down to the river And into the river, we'd dive Oh, down to the river we did 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 act like I don't remember and 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 takes 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? Sends me down to the river I know the river is dry Sends me down to the river tonight Down to the river My baby and I Oh, down to the river We dive
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