The River-Bruce Springsteen/The E Street Band

[ti:The River (Live)] [ar:Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band] [al:Live/1975-85] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The River (Live) - Bruce Springsteen/The E Street Band [05:50.64]I come from down in the valley [05:53.18] [05:54.75]Where mister when you're young [05:57.11] [05:59.02]They bring you up to do just like your daddy done [06:05.33] [06:07.37]Me and Mary we met in high school [06:10.20] [06:11.82]When she was just seventeen [06:14.03] [06:16.31]We'd drive outta this valley down to where the fields were green [06:23.17] [06:26.96]We'd go down to the river [06:30.40] [06:31.55]And into the river we'd dive [06:34.31] [06:35.16]Oh down to the river we'd ride [06:40.56] [06:43.98]Then I got Mary pregnant [06:47.83]And man that was all she wrote [06:50.35] [06:52.16]And for my 19 th birthday I got a union card and a wedding coat [06:58.33] [07:00.51]We went down to the courthouse [07:02.94] [07:04.37]And the judge put it all to rest [07:06.75] [07:08.71]No wedding day smiles no walk down the aisle [07:12.06] [07:12.80]No flowers no wedding dress [07:14.80] [07:15.92]That night we'd go down to the river [07:19.54] [07:21.05]And into the river we'd dive [07:23.61] [07:24.59]Oh down to the river we'd ride [07:30.04] [08:08.66]I got a job working construction for the johnstown company [08:13.91] [08:16.46]But lately there ain't been much work on account of the economy [08:22.34] [08:24.25]Now all them things that seemed so important [08:26.66] [08:27.58]Well mister they vanished right into the air [08:30.71] [08:32.66]Now I just act like I don't remember [08:34.85] [08:36.45]Mary acts like she don't care [08:38.87] [08:40.45]But I remember us riding in my brother's car [08:44.40]Her body tan and wet down at the reservoir [08:47.68] [08:49.03]At night on them banks I'd lie awake [08:51.77] [08:52.42]And pull her close just to feel each breath she'd take [08:56.23]Now those memories come back to haunt me [08:59.77] [09:01.17]They haunt me like a curse [09:03.42] [09:05.25]Is a dream a lie if it don't come true [09:08.27] [09:09.18]Or is it something worse [09:11.33] [09:12.41]That sends me down to the river [09:16.00] [09:16.88]Though I know the river is dry [09:19.69] [09:20.54]That sends me down to the river tonight [09:25.28] [09:29.95]Down to the river [09:32.13] [09:33.31]My baby and I [09:35.80] [09:37.11]Oh down to the river we ride