[00:17.45]i come from down in valley
[00:21.61]where mister when youre young
[00:25.68]they bring you up to do
[00:30.10]like your daddy done
[00:34.00]me and mary we met in high school
[00:38.22]when she was just seventeen
[00:42.23]wed drive out of this valley
[00:46.61]down to where the fields were green
[00:51.57]wed go down to the river
[00:56.36]and into the river wed dive
[01:00.18]oh down to the river wed ride
[01:09.12]then i got mary pregnant
[01:13.12]and man that was all she wrote
[01:17.28]and for my nineteenth birthday
[01:20.45]i got a union card and a wedding coat
[01:25.36]we went down to the courthouse
[01:29.44]and the judge put it all to rest
[01:33.37]no wedding day smiles
[01:35.71]no walk down the aisle
[01:37.85]no flowers
[01:39.03]no wedding dress
[01:40.93]that night we went down to the river
[01:45.64]and into the river wed dive
[01:49.27]oh down to the river wed ride
[02:33.19]i got a job working constrction
[02:36.95]for the johnstown company
[02:41.53]but lately there aint been much work
[02:45.06]on account of the economy
[02:49.33]now all them things that seemed so important
[02:53.34]well mister they vanished right into the air
[02:57.25]now i just act like i dont remember
[03:01.25]mary acts like she dont care
[03:05.47]but i remember us riding in my brothers car
[03:09.61]her body tan and wet down at the reservoir
[03:14.12]at night on them banks id lie awake
[03:17.64]and pull her close just to feel each breath shed take
[03:21.81]now those memories come back to haunt me
[03:26.17]they haunt me like a curse
[03:30.15]is a dream a lie if it dont come true
[03:34.45]or is it something worse
[03:37.63]that sends me down to the river
[03:42.27]though i know the river is dry
[03:45.97]that sends me down to the river
[03:50.44]tonight
[03:55.16]down to the river
[03:58.68]my baby and i
[04:02.34]oh down to the river we ride
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