THE RIVER							Bruce Springsteen

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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 done
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Me and Mary we met in High School, when she was just 17
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We'd drive out of this valley to where the fields were green

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We'd go down to the river
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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 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 isle, 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 the account of 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