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 ride out of
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
nineteenth 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 went
down to the river
And into
the river we'd dive
Oh down
to the river
we did ride
oh yeah
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 i- -
Down to the river
My baby and I
Oh down
to the river
we ride i- - de
Oh oh oh oh
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