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
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh