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I come from down in the valley Where, Mister, when you're young They bring you up to do Just like your daddy'd done. Me and Mary we met in highscool When she was just seventeen We'd ride out of this 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 Then I got Mary pregnant And man, that was all she wrote And for my nighteenth 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 dived oh, down to the river we'd ride Songtexte I got a job working in construction For the jonhston company But lately there ain't been much work On account of the economy Now all them things that seemed so important Well, Mister, they just vanished right into the heat Now, I just 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 tanned and wet down at the reservoir At night on those banks I'd lie awake And pull her close just to feel each breath she'd take Now those memories come back to haunt me They haunt me like a curse Is a dream a lie if he don't come true Or it is something worst That sends me down to the river Though I know the river is dry Sends me down to the river tonight Down to the river my baby and I Oh down to the river we'd ride Aus Songtexte Mania