River

歌詞

I come down from in the valley Where mistery's when you're young They bring you up to do just 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 went 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'd ride 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 those things that seemed so important Well mister they vanished right into the air Now I 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 So I could pull her close, 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 And into the river we'd dive Oh down to the river we'd ride Though I know the river is dry That sends me down to the river tonight Down to the river My baby and I Oh down to the river we ride