I come
from down in the valley
Where mister, when you're young
They bring you up to do like your daddy done
Me and Mary we
met in high school
When she was just seventeen
We drive
out of this valley down to where the fields where green
We go down
to the river
And into the river we dive
Oh down to the
river we ride
Then I got
Mary pregnant
And, man, that was all she wrote
And 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 dive
Oh
down to the river we did ride
I got a job
working construction for the Johnstown Company
But lately there
ain been much work on account of the economy
Now all them thing
that seemed so important
Well, mister they vanished right into
the air
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 tan and wet down at
the reservoir
At night on them banks I'd lie awake
And
pull her close just to feel each breath she take
Now those
memories come back to haunt me
They haunt me like a curse
Is a dream a lie if it don't come true
Or is it something worse,
that sends me
Down to the river
though I know the
river is dry
That sends me down to the river tonight
Down
to the river
My baby and I
Oh down to the river we ride
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