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THE RIVER
Album: BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN THE ESSENTIAL BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN / CD 1
Durasi: 5:01
[00:16.66]I come from down in the valley
[00:20.95]Where, mister, when you're young
[00:25.13]They bring you up to do
[00:29.44]Like your daddy done
[00:33.10]Me and Mary, we met in high school
[00:37.39]When she was just 17
[00:41.74]We'd drive out of this valley
[00:45.49]Down to where the fields were green
[00:51.53]We'd go down to the river
[00:56.28]And into the river we'd dive
[00:59.41]Oh-oh, down to the river we'd ride
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[01:08.46]Then I got Mary pregnant
[01:12.35]And, man, that was all she wrote
[01:16.66]And for my 19th birthday
[01:19.62]I got a union card and a wedding coat
[01:24.95]We went down to the courthouse
[01:28.33]And the judge put it all to rest
[01:32.72]No wedding day smiles, no walk down the aisle
[01:37.14]No flowers, no wedding dress
[01:40.10]That night we went down to the river
[01:45.30]And into the river we'd dive
[01:48.51]Oh-oh, down to the river we did ride, ay-ay-ay
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[02:32.52]I got a job, working construction
[02:36.43]For the Johnstown Company
[02:40.90]But lately there ain't been much work
[02:44.38]On account of the economy
[02:48.77]Now all them things that seemed so important
[02:52.45]Well, mister, they vanished right into the air
[02:56.60]Now I just act like I don't remember
[03:00.83]Mary acts like she don't care
[03:04.54]But I remember us riding in my brother's car
[03:08.76]Her body tan and wet down at the reservoir
[03:13.29]At night on them banks I'd lie awake
[03:16.98]And pull her close just to feel each breath she'd take
[03:21.10]Now those memories come back to haunt me
[03:25.69]They haunt me like a curse
[03:29.36]Is a dream a lie if it don't come true
[03:33.84]Or is it something worse?
[03:36.79]That sends me down to the river
[03:41.49]Though I'd know the river is dry
[03:44.83]That sends me down to the river tonight, ay-ay-ay
[03:54.30]Down to the river
[03:57.86]My baby and I
[04:01.59]Oh-oh, down to the river we ride, ay-ay-ay
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