The River (Live at Hovet, Stockholm, SE - 6/25/2005)

I come from down in the valley

Where, mister, when you're young

Bring you up to do

Like your daddy done

Me, and Mary, we met in high school

And she was just 17

We'd drive out of that valley

Down to where the fields were green

We'd go down to the river

And into the river we'd dive

Down to the river we'd ride

I got Mary pregnant

And, man, that was all she wrote

For my 19th birthday

I got a union card and a wedding coat

We went down to the courthouse

And the judge put it all to rest

No wedding day smiles, no walk down the aisle

No flowers, no wedding dress

That night we went down to the river

And into the river we'd dive

Down to the river we did ride

I got a job working construction

For the Johnstown Company

But lately there ain't been much work

On account of the economy

All those things that seemed so important

Well, they vanished into the air

I act like I don't remember

Mary acts like she don't care

But I remember us riding in my brother's car

Her body tan and wet down at the reservoir

At night on those banks I'd lie awake

Pull her close just to feel each breath she'd take

Those memories come back to haunt me

Here they haunt me like a curse

Is a dream a lie if it don't come true

Or is it something worse?

That takes me down to the river

Though I know the river is dry

Down to the river, to the river we ride

Down to the river, my baby and I

Down to the river we ride

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

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