The River-Bruce Springsteen

[ti:the river] [ar:Bruce Springsteen] [al:300799] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The River - Bruce Springsteen [00:17.51]I come from down in the valley [00:21.65]Where mister when you're young [00:24.65] [00:25.90]They bring you up to do like your daddy done [00:32.64] [00:33.72]Me and Mary we met in high school [00:38.27]When she was just seventeen [00:41.80] [00:42.53]We'd drive outta this valley down to where the fields were green [00:50.12] [00:52.26]We'd go down to the river [00:56.75]And into the river we'd dive [00:59.83]Oh down to the river we'd ride [01:05.74] [01:09.13]Then I got Mary pregnant [01:12.32] [01:13.01]And man that was all she wrote [01:17.33]And for my 19th birthday I got a union card and a wedding coat [01:23.65] [01:25.45]We went down to the courthouse [01:29.13]And the judge put it all to rest [01:32.37] [01:33.50]No wedding day smiles no walk down the aisle [01:37.90]No flowers no wedding dress [01:41.00]That night we'd go down to the river [01:45.75]And into the river we'd dive [01:49.20]Oh down to the river we'd ride [01:54.74] [02:33.24]I got a job working construction for the Johnstown Company [02:38.49] [02:41.53]But lately there ain't been much work on account of the economy [02:48.18] [02:49.37]Now all them things that seemed so important [02:52.13] [02:53.32]Well mister they vanished right into the air [02:56.73] [02:57.29]Now I just act like I don't remember [03:01.39]Mary acts like she don't care [03:04.68] [03:05.43]But I remember us riding in my brother's car [03:09.54]Her body tan and wet down at the reservoir [03:13.97]At night on them banks I'd lie awake [03:17.51]And pull her close just to feel each breath she'd take [03:21.71]Now those memories come back to haunt me [03:24.83] [03:25.90]They haunt me like a curse [03:28.94] [03:30.02]Is a dream a lie if it don't come true [03:34.17]Or is it something worse [03:36.95] [03:37.54]That sends me down to the river [03:42.15]Though I know the river is dry [03:45.87]That sends me down to the river tonight [03:54.92]Down to the river [03:58.50]My baby and I [04:02.04] [04:03.11]Oh down to the river we ride