The River
Bruce Springsteen
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I Emcome from down in the Gvalley Where Dmister, when you're Cyoung
They Embring you up to Gdo Clike your daddy Gdone
Me and CMary we met in high school When Gshe was just DseventEmeen
We'd Amdrive out of this valley down to Gwhere the fields were Cgreen
We'd go Emdown to the Criver And Dinto the river we'd Gdive
Oh Emdown to the Criver we’d DrideC
Then EmI got Mary pregnaGnt And Dman, that was all she Cwrote
And Emfor my 19th Gbirthday I got a union Ccard and a wedding Gcoat
We Cwent down to the courthouse And the Gjudge put it Dall to Emrest
No Amwedding day smiles, no walk down the aisle
No Gflowers, no wedding Cdress
That night we went Emdown to the Criver
And Dinto the river we'd Gdive
Oh Emdown to the Criver we did DrideC
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I Emgot a job working constGruction for the DJohnstown CompanCy
But Emlately there ain't been Gmuch work on accCount of the economGy
Now Call them things that seemed so important
Well mister Gthey vanished right Dinto the airEm
Now I just Amact like I don't remember Mary Gacts like she don't Ccare
But I remEmember us riding in my Gbrother's car Her body Dtan and wet down at
the Creservoir At Emnight on them banks I'd Glie awake
And pull her Cclose just to feel each Gbreath she'd take
Now those Cmemories come back to haunt me
They Ghaunt me Dlike a Emcurse
Is a Amdream a lie if it don't come true Or Gis it something Cworse
That sends me Emdown to the Criver Though I Dknow the river is Gdry
That sends me Emdown to the Criver tonDightC
EmDown to the Criver my Dbaby and GI
Oh Emdown to the Criver we Dride COoh
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