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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 that
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
ah ah ah
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
ah ah ah
Down to the river
my baby and I
Oh down to the river
we ride
ah ah ah
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