[00:03.41]Bruce Springsteen - the river
[00:17.52]I come from down in the valley
[00:21.66]Where mister when you're young
[00:24.66]
[00:25.90]They bring you up to do like your daddy done
[00:32.65]
[00:33.72]Me and Mary, we met in high school
[00:38.27]When she was just seventeen
[00:41.80]
[00:42.54]We'd drive outta this valley down to where the fields were green
[00:50.13]
[00:52.27]We'd go down to the river
[00:56.76]And into the river we'd dive
[00:59.84]Oh, down to the river we'd ride
[01:05.74]
[01:09.14]Then I got Mary pregnant
[01:12.33]
[01:13.02]And man, that was all she wrote
[01:17.34]And for my 19th birthday I got a union card and a wedding coat
[01:23.66]
[01:25.46]We went down to the courthouse
[01:29.14]And the judge put it all to rest
[01:32.38]
[01:33.50]No wedding day smiles, no walk down the aisle
[01:37.90]No flowers, no wedding dress
[01:41.00]That night we'd go down to the river
[01:45.75]And into the river we'd dive
[01:49.20]Oh down to the river we'd ride
[01:54.74]
[02:33.24]I got a job working construction for the Johnstown Company
[02:38.50]
[02:41.54]But lately there ain't been much work, on account of the economy
[02:48.19]
[02:49.37]Now all them things that seemed so important
[02:52.13]
[02:53.33]Well mister they vanished right into the air
[02:56.73]
[02:57.29]Now I just act like I don't remember
[03:01.39]Mary acts like she don't care
[03:04.68]
[03:05.44]But I remember us riding in my brother's car
[03:09.54]Her body tan and wet down at the reservoir
[03:13.97]At night on them banks I'd lie awake
[03:17.51]And pull her close just to feel each breath she'd take
[03:21.71]Now those memories come back to haunt me
[03:24.83]
[03:25.90]They haunt me like a curse
[03:28.94]
[03:30.02]Is a dream a lie if it don't come true
[03:34.18]Or is it something worse,
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[03:37.55]That sends me down to the river
[03:42.16]Though I know the river is dry
[03:45.88]That sends me down to the river tonight
[03:54.92]Down to the river
[03:58.51]My baby and I
[04:02.05]
[04:03.11]Oh down to the river we ride...