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 drive out
of this 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
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
Down to the river
My baby and I
Oh down to the river we ride

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