Bruce Springsteen - The River

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[ar:Bruce Springsteen]
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[00:12.14]I come from down in valley
[00:20.36]Where mister when you're young
[00:25.54]They bring you up to do
[00:28.48]Like your daddy done
[00:33.31]Me and Mary we met in high school
[00:37.62]When she was just seventeen
[00:42.30]We'd drive out of this valley
[00:45.29]Down to where the fields were green
[00:50.05]We'd go down to the river
[00:55.91]And into the river we'd dive
[00:59.34]Oh down to the river we'd ride
[01:08.62]Then I got Mary pregnant
[01:12.05]And man that was all she wrote
[01:16.22]And for my nineteenth birthday
[01:19.48]I got a union card and a wedding coat
[01:23.90]We went down to the courthouse
[01:28.89]And the judge put it all to rest
[01:32.46]No wedding day smiles
[01:35.52]No walk down the aisle
[01:37.63]No flowers
[01:38.57]No wedding dress
[01:40.58]That night we went down to the river
[01:45.08]And into the river we'd dive
[01:48.81]Oh down to the river we'd ride
[01:57.18]I got a job working constrction
[02:36.36]For the johnstown company
[02:39.29]But lately there ain't been much work
[02:44.10]On account of the economy
[02:47.79]Now all them things that seemed so important
[02:52.46]Well mister they vanished right into the air
[02:56.27]Now I just act like I don't remember
[03:00.14]Mary acts like she don't care
[03:05.07]But I remember us riding in my brother's car
[03:08.94]Her body tan and wet down at the reservoir
[03:13.17]At night on them banks I'd lie awake
[03:17.24]And pull her close just to feel each breath she'd take
[03:21.41]Now those memories come back to haunt me
[03:24.97]They haunt me like a curse
[03:28.96]Is a dream a lie if it don't come true
[03:34.02]Or is it something worse
[03:37.65]That sends me down to the river
[03:41.13]Though I know the river is dry
[03:45.69]That sends me down to the river
[03:50.62]Tonight
[03:54.05]Down to the river
[03:57.17]My baby and I
[04:02.36]Oh down to the river we ride
[04:08.10]Woo