《The River》歌词

[00:00:16] I come from down in valley

[00:00:21] where mister when you're young

[00:00:25] they bring you up to do

[00:00:29] like your daddy done

[00:00:33] Me and Mary we met in high school

[00:00:37] when she was just seventeen

[00:00:41] we'd drive out of this valley

[00:00:46] down to where the fields were green

[00:00:51] We'd go down to the river

[00:00:55] and into the river we'd dive

[00:00:59] oh down to the river we'd ride

[00:01:08] Then I got Mary pregnant

[00:01:12] and man that was all she wrote

[00:01:16] and for my nineteenth birthday

[00:01:19] I got a union card and a wedding coat

[00:01:24] we went down to the courthouse

[00:01:28] and the judge put it all to rest

[00:01:32] no wedding day smiles

[00:01:35] no walk down the aisle

[00:01:37] no flowers

[00:01:38] no wedding dress

[00:01:40] That night we went down to the river

[00:01:45] and into the river we'd dive

[00:01:48] oh down to the river we'd ride

[00:02:32] I got a job working constrction

[00:02:36] for the johnstown company

[00:02:41] but lately there ain't been much work

[00:02:44] on account of the economy

[00:02:48] Now all them things that seemed so important

[00:02:52] well mister they vanished right into the air

[00:02:56] now I just act like I don't remember

[00:03:00] Mary acts like she don't care

[00:03:04] But I remember us riding in my brother's car

[00:03:09] Her body tan and wet down at the reservoir

[00:03:13] at night on them banks I'd lie awake

[00:03:17] and pull her close just to feel each breath she'd take

[00:03:21] Now those memories come back to haunt me

[00:03:25] They haunt me like a curse

[00:03:29] is a dream a lie if it don't come true

[00:03:33] or is it something worse

[00:03:37] that sends me down to the river

[00:03:41] though I know the river is dry

[00:03:45] that sends me down to the river

[00:03:49] tonight

[00:03:54] Down to the river

[00:03:58] My baby and I

[00:04:01] oh down to the river we ride

[00:04:01] oh down to the river we ride