The River Songtext
von Moa Holmsten

I come from down in the valley
Where, mister, when you were young
They′d 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 that valley
Down to where the fields were green

We′d go down to the river
Into the river we'd dive
Oh, down to the river we'd ride
Down to the river
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
Into the river we'd dive
Oh, down to the river we′d ride
Down to the river
Into the river we'd dive
Oh, down to the river we′d ride

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
They vanished right into the air
Now I just act like I don′t remember
Mary acts like she don't care
(Mary acts like she don't care)


I remember us riding in my brother′s car
About ten 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?

Sends me down to the river
Though I know the river is dry
It sends me down to the river tonight
Down to the river
My baby and I
Oh, down to the river we ride