[00:16.643]I come from down in the valley
[00:20.831]Where, mister, when you're young
[00:24.980]They bring you up to do
[00:29.348]Like your daddy done
[00:32.954]Me and Mary, we met in high school
[00:37.466]When she was just seventeen
[00:41.587]We'd ride out of this valley
[00:45.504]Down to where the fields were green
[00:51.557]We'd go down to the river
[00:56.018]And into the river we'd dive
[00:59.376]Oh, down to the river we'd ride
[01:08.313]Then I got Mary pregnant
[01:12.257]And, man, that was all she wrote
[01:16.533]And for my nineteenth birthday
[01:19.675]I got a union card and a wedding coat
[01:24.754]We went down to the courthouse
[01:28.294]And the judge put it all to rest
[01:32.746]No wedding day smiles, no walk down the aisle
[01:37.094]No flowers, no wedding dress
[01:40.136]That night we went down to the river
[01:45.233]And into the river we'd dive
[01:48.533]Oh, down to the river we did ride
[01:54.985]Yeah, yeah
[02:32.587]I got a job working construction
[02:36.379]For the Johnstown Company
[02:40.663]But lately there ain't been much work
[02:44.179]On account of the economy
[02:48.758]Now all them things that seemed so important
[02:52.334]Well, mister, they vanished right into the air
[02:56.456]Now I just act like I don't remember
[03:00.877]Mary acts like she don't care
[03:04.424]But I remember us riding in my brother's car
[03:08.755]Her body tan and wet down at the reservoir
[03:13.344]At night on them banks, I'd lie awake
[03:16.782]And pull her close just to feel each breath she'd take
[03:21.143]Now those memories come back to haunt me
[03:25.502]They haunt me like a curse
[03:29.390]Is a dream a lie if it don't come true
[03:33.773]Or is it something worse?
[03:36.707]That sends me down to the river
[03:41.275]Though I know the river is dry
[03:44.948]That sends me down to the river tonight
[03:54.266]Down to the river
[03:57.726]My baby and I
[04:01.492]Oh, down to the river we ride

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'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
Oh, down to the river we'd ride
Then I got Mary pregnant
And, man, that was all she wrote
And for my nineteenth 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
Oh, down to the river we did ride
Yeah, yeah
I got a job working construction
For the Johnstown 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 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'd 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