The River-The Country Revival Farmers

[ti:The River] [ar:The Country Revival Farmers] [al:Seguint La Carretera] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The River - The Country Revival Farmers [00:17.15]I come from down in the valley [00:20.28] [00:21.18]Where mister when you're young [00:23.82] [00:25.33]They bring you up to do like your daddy done [00:32.03] [00:33.32]Me and mary we met in high school [00:36.40] [00:37.84]She was just seventeen [00:40.35] [00:41.86]We'd drive out of this valley [00:44.61] [00:45.75]Down to where the fields were green [00:48.68] [00:51.96]We'd go down to the river [00:55.65] [00:56.48]And into the river we'd dive [00:59.15] [00:59.80]Oh down to the river we'd ride [01:05.87] [01:09.05]Then i got mary pregnant [01:12.04] [01:12.97]And man that was all she wrote [01:15.91] [01:17.27]And for my nineteenth birthday [01:20.37]I got a union card and a wedding coat [01:23.79] [01:25.50]We went down to the courthouse [01:28.27] [01:29.25]And the judge put it all to rest [01:32.34] [01:33.52]No wedding day smiles no walk down the aisle [01:38.07]No flowers no wedding dress [01:41.00]That night we went down to the river [01:45.32] [01:46.22]And into the river we'd dive [01:48.96] [01:49.56]Oh down to the river we did ride [01:55.60] [02:33.89]I got a job working construction for the johnstown company [02:40.14] [02:42.20]But lately there ain't been much work on account [02:46.75]Of the economy [02:48.34] [02:49.85]Now all them things that seemed so important [02:53.04] [02:54.33]Well mister they vanished right be the air [02:57.21] [02:58.24]Now i just act like i don't remember [03:01.00] [03:02.37]Mary acts like she don't care [03:05.34] [03:06.52]But i remember us riding in my brother's car [03:10.57]Her body tan and wet down at the reservoir [03:14.26] [03:15.04]At night on them banks i'd lie awake [03:18.78]And pull her close just to feel each breath she'd take [03:22.44] [03:23.24]Now those memories come back to haunt me [03:26.44] [03:27.65]They haunt me like a curse [03:30.21] [03:31.62]Is a dream a lie if it don't come true [03:35.10] [03:35.97]Is it something worse [03:38.43] [03:39.11]Maybe that down to the river [03:43.20] [03:44.24]And to the river we ride [03:46.90] [03:47.49]Oh down to the river we ride [03:53.48] [03:56.86]And to the river [04:00.32]My baby and i [04:03.55] [04:04.07]Oh down to the river we ride