The River

<br>I come from down in the valley<br>Where mister when you`re young<br>They bring you up to do, Like your daddy done<br>Me and Mary we met in high school,<br>She was just seventeen<br>We`d drive out of this valley<br>Down to where the fields were green<br><br>We`d go down to the river<br>and into the river we`d dive<br>Oh down to the river we`d ride<br><br>Then I got Mary Pregnant and man that was all she wrote<br>And for my nineteen birthday I got a union card and a wedding coat<br>We went down to the courthouse and the judge put it all to rest<br>No wedding day smiles no walk down the aisle<br>No flowers no wedding dress<br><br>that night we went down to the river<br> and into the river we`d dive <br>o down to the river<br> and into the river we dived <br><br>I got a job working construction for the Johnstown Company<br>But lately there ain`t been much work on account of the economy<br>Now all those things that seemed so important<br>Well mister they vanished right in the air<br>And I act like I don`t remember, Mary acts like she don`t care<br>but I remember us riding in my brother`s car<br>Her body tan and wet down by the reservoir<br>At night on them banks I`d lie awake<br>And pull her close just to feel each breath she`d take<br>now Those memories come back to haunt me, well they haunt me like a curse<br>Is a dream a lie if it don`t come true<br>Or is it something worse that sends me<br><br>Down to the rive <br>o i know the river is dry <br>that sends me down the river tonight