The River-Deja Vu

[ti:The River] [ar:Deja Vu] [al:Tribute to Working Class Hero Bruce Springsteen, Vol. 1] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The River - Deja Vu [00:17.78]I come from down in the valley [00:21.90]Where mister when you're young [00:26.12]They bring you up to do like your daddy done [00:34.12]Me and Mary we met in high school [00:38.71]When she was just seventeen [00:42.73]We'd drive out of this valley down [00:47.06]To where the fields were green [00:51.07] [00:52.65]We'd go down to the river [00:57.45]And into the river we'd dive [01:01.04]Oh down to the river we'd ride [01:07.47] [01:09.94]Then I got Mary pregnant [01:13.80]And man that was all she wrote [01:18.32]And for my nineteenth birthday [01:21.17]I got a union card and a wedding coat [01:26.58]We went down to the courthouse [01:30.51]And the judge put it all to rest [01:34.64]No wedding day smiles no walk down the aisle [01:38.75]No flowers no wedding dress [01:42.33]That night we went down to the river [01:47.42]And into the river we'd dive [01:50.92]Oh down to the river we did ride [01:57.07] [02:35.43]I got a job working construction for the Johnstown Company [02:42.15] [02:43.87]But lately there ain't been much work on account [02:48.50]Of the economy [02:52.44]Now all them things that seemed so important [02:55.82]Well mister they vanished right into the air [03:00.06]Now I just act like I don't remember [03:04.40]Mary acts like she don't care [03:08.41]But I remember us riding in my brother's car [03:12.56]Her body tan and wet down at the reservoir [03:17.34]At night on them banks I'd lie awake [03:20.94]And pull her close just to feel each breath she'd take [03:25.31]Now those memories come back to haunt me [03:29.83]They haunt me like a curse [03:33.87]Is a dream a lie if it don't come true [03:38.16]Or is it something worse [03:41.52]That sends me down to the river [03:46.00]Though I know the river is dry [03:49.71]That sends me down to the river tonight [03:55.59] [03:59.25]Down to the river [04:02.63]My baby and I [04:06.62]Oh down to the river we ride