Bruce Springsteen - The River |
Bruce Springsteen I come from down in the valley They bring you up to do like your daddy done Where mister, when you're young 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 We went down to the courthouse And, man, that was all she wrote And the judge put it all to rest And for my 19th birthday I got a union card and a wedding coat No wedding day smiles, no walk down the aisle That night we went down to the river No flowers, no wedding dress 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 Now I just act like I don't remember Well mister they vanished right into the air Mary acts like she don't care Her body tan and wet down at the reservoir But I remember us riding in my brother's car 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 That sends me down to the river tonight Down to the river My baby and I though I know the river is dry Down to the river Oh down to the river we ride |