The River Letra

They bring you up to do

Like your daddy done



Me and Mary, we met in high school

She was just seventeen

We'd drive out of this valley

Down to where the fields were green



We'd go down to the river

And into the river we'd dive

Oh, down to the river we'd ride



And I got Mary pregnant

Man that was all she wrote

For my nineteenth birthday

I got a union card and a wedding coat



We went down to the courthouse

And the judge put it all to rest

No wedding day smiles, no walk down the aisle

No flowers, no wedding dress



We'd go down to the river

And into the river we'd dive

Oh, down to the river we'd ride



I got a job workin' construction

For the Johnstown Company (Company)

But lately there ain't been much work

On account of the economy



All those things that seemed so important

Well they just vanished in the air

And I act like I don't remember

Mary acts like she don't care



And I remember ridin' in my brother's car

Her body tan and wet down by the reservoir

At night on the banks I'd lie awake

And hold her close to feel each breath she'd take



Those memories come back to haunt me

Well they haunt me like a curse

Is a dream a lie that don't come true

Or is it something worse?



And we'd go down to the river

And into the river we'd dive

Oh down to the rive we'd ride



Down to the river

My baby and I

Oh, down to the river we'd ride