The River-American Boys

[ti:The River] [ar:American Boys] [al:A Tribute To Bruce Springsteen] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The River - American Boys [00:16.61]I come from down in the valley [00:20.56]Where mister when you're young [00:24.88]They bring you up to do like your daddy done [00:32.74]Me and Mary we met in high school [00:36.85]When she was just seventeen [00:40.87]We'd drive out of this valley down to where the fields were green [00:50.51]We'd go down to the river [00:55.32]And into the river we'd dive [00:58.48]Oh down to the river we'd ride [01:07.51]Then I got Mary pregnant [01:11.60]And man that was all she wrote [01:15.64]And for my nineteenth birthday [01:18.62]I got a union card and a wedding coat [01:22.61] [01:23.73]We went down to the courthouse [01:25.83] [01:27.65]And the judge put it all to rest [01:31.98]No wedding day smiles no walk down the aisle [01:35.99]No flowers no wedding dress [01:39.13]That night we went down to the river [01:44.08]And into the river we'd dive [01:47.24]Oh down to the river we did ride [01:53.49] [02:31.12]I got a job working construction for the Johnstown Company [02:37.53] [02:39.19]But lately there ain't been much work on account [02:43.44]Of the economy [02:46.99]Now all them things that seemed so important [02:50.94]Well mister they vanished right into the air [02:55.23]Now I just act like I don't remember [02:59.29]Mary acts like she don't care [03:03.10]But I remember us riding in my brother's car [03:07.48]Her body tan and wet down at the reservoir [03:11.86]At night on them banks I'd lie awake [03:15.58]Pull her close just to feel each breath she'd take [03:19.63]Now those memories come back to haunt me [03:23.98]They haunt me like a curse [03:27.89]Is a dream a lie if it don't come true [03:32.19]Or is it something worse [03:35.17]That sends me down to the river [03:40.32]Though I know the river is dry [03:43.58]That sends me down to the river tonight [03:52.79]Down to the river [03:56.84]My baby and I [03:59.68]Oh down to the river we ride