The River

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I come from down in the valley, 
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where mister when you're young
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They bring you up to do like your
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 daddy done
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Me and Mary we met in high school, 
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when she was just seventeen
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We'd ride out of that valley down 
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to where the fields were green
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We'd go down to the river, and 
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into the river we'd dive
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Oh down to the river we'd ride
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Then I got Mary pregnant, and man
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 that was all she wrote
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And for my nineteenth birthday I 
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got a union card and a wedding coat
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We went down to the courthouse, and
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 the judge put it all to rest
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No wedding day smiles no walk down 
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in the aisle, no flowers no wedding
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That night we went down to the 
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river, and into the river we'd dive
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On down to the river we did ride

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I got a job working construction 
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for the Johnstown Company
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But lately there ain't been much 
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work on account of the economy
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Now all them things that seemed so 
important
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Well mister they vanished right
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 into the air
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Now I just act like I don't 
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remember, Mary acts like she don't 
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care
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But I remember us riding in my 
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brother's car
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Her body tan and wet down at the 
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reservoir
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At night on them banks I'd lie awake
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And pull her close just to feel 
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each other breath she'd take
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Now those memories come back to 
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haunt me, they haunt me like a curse
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Is a dream a lie if it don't come 
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true, or is it something worse that 
sends me
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Down to the river though I know 
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the river is dry
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That sends me down to the river 
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tonight
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Down to the river, my baby and 
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I, oh down the river we'd ride
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Oh oh oh oh oh oh
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