The River

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[Verse 1]

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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 
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your daddy done
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Me and Mary we met in high school,
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She was just seventeen
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We'd drive out of this valley
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Down to where the fields were green


[Chorus 1]

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We'd go down to the river
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And into the river we'd dive
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Oh down to the river we'd ride


[Verse 2]

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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 
the aisle
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No flowers no wedding dress


[Chorus 2]

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We'd go down to the river
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And into the river we'd dive
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Oh down to the river we'd ride


[Guitar Solo]

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[Verse 3]

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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 those things that seemed so 
important
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Well they just vanished in the air
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And I act like I don't remember, 
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Mary acts like she don't care
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And I remember us riding in my 
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brother's car
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Her body tan and wet down by 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 to feel each 
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breath she'd take
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Those memories come back to haunt 
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me, well they haunt me like a curse
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Is a dream a lie if it don't come 
true
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Or is it something worse


[Chorus 3]

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And We'd go down to the river
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And into the river we'd dive
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Oh down to the river we'd ride
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Down to the river my baby and I
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Oh down to the river we'd ride
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Yeah Yeah Yeah the river we'd ride