[ti:The River] [ar:Bruce Springsteen] [al:The River] [by:] [offset:0] [00:12.14]I come from down in valley [00:20.36]Where mister when you're young [00:25.54]They bring you up to do [00:28.48]Like your daddy done [00:33.31]Me and Mary we met in high school [00:37.62]When she was just seventeen [00:42.30]We'd drive out of this valley [00:45.29]Down to where the fields were green [00:50.05]We'd go down to the river [00:55.91]And into the river we'd dive [00:59.34]Oh down to the river we'd ride [01:08.62]Then I got Mary pregnant [01:12.05]And man that was all she wrote [01:16.22]And for my nineteenth birthday [01:19.48]I got a union card and a wedding coat [01:23.90]We went down to the courthouse [01:28.89]And the judge put it all to rest [01:32.46]No wedding day smiles [01:35.52]No walk down the aisle [01:37.63]No flowers [01:38.57]No wedding dress [01:40.58]That night we went down to the river [01:45.08]And into the river we'd dive [01:48.81]Oh down to the river we'd ride [01:57.18]I got a job working constrction [02:36.36]For the johnstown company [02:39.29]But lately there ain't been much work [02:44.10]On account of the economy [02:47.79]Now all them things that seemed so important [02:52.46]Well mister they vanished right into the air [02:56.27]Now I just act like I don't remember [03:00.14]Mary acts like she don't care [03:05.07]But I remember us riding in my brother's car [03:08.94]Her body tan and wet down at the reservoir [03:13.17]At night on them banks I'd lie awake [03:17.24]And pull her close just to feel each breath she'd take [03:21.41]Now those memories come back to haunt me [03:24.97]They haunt me like a curse [03:28.96]Is a dream a lie if it don't come true [03:34.02]Or is it something worse [03:37.65]That sends me down to the river [03:41.13]Though I know the river is dry [03:45.69]That sends me down to the river [03:50.62]Tonight [03:54.05]Down to the river [03:57.17]My baby and I [04:02.36]Oh down to the river we ride [04:08.10]Woo