[00:12.400]I come from down in valley
[00:20.630]where mister when you're young
[00:25.810]they bring you up to do
[00:28.750]like your daddy done
[00:33.580]Me and Mary we met in high school
[00:37.880]when she was just seventeen
[00:42.560]we'd drive out of this valley
[00:45.560]down to where the fields were green
[00:50.310]We'd go down to the river
[00:56.170]and into the river we'd dive
[00:59.600]Oh~down to the river we'd ride
[01:08.890]Then I got Mary pregnant
[01:12.320]and man that was all she wrote
[01:16.490]and for my nineteenth birthday
[01:19.750]I got a union card and a wedding coat
[01:24.170]we went down to the courthouse
[01:29.150]and the judge put it all to rest
[01:32.720]no wedding day smiles
[01:35.790]no walk down the aisle
[01:37.890]no flowers
[01:38.830]no wedding dress
[01:40.850]That night we went down to the river
[01:45.350]and into the river we'd dive
[01:49.070]Oh~down to the river we'd ride
[01:57.440]I got a job working constrction
[02:36.630]for the johnstown company
[02:39.550]but lately there ain't been much work
[02:44.370]on account of the economy
[02:48.050]Now all them things that seemed so important
[02:52.730]well mister they vanished right into the air
[02:56.540]now I just act like I don't remember
[03:00.400]Mary acts like she don't care
[03:05.340]But I remember us riding in my brother's car
[03:09.210]Her body tan and wet down at the reservoir
[03:13.430]at night on them banks I'd lie awake
[03:17.510]and pull her close just to feel each breath she'd take
[03:21.680]Now those memories come back to haunt me
[03:25.240]They haunt me like a curse
[03:29.230]is a dream a lie if it don't come true
[03:35.190]or is it something worse
[03:38.810]that sends me down to the river
[03:42.300]though I know the river is dry
[03:46.860]that sends me down to the river
[03:52.080]tonight
[03:55.520]Down to the river
[03:58.630]My baby and I
[04:03.830]Oh down to~ the river we ride
[04:09.570]Woo...