The River - piano

[01:16.36] I come from down in the valley
[01:20.48] Where, mister, when you are young
[01:24.63] They bring you up to do it
[01:28.59] Just like your dad had done
[01:32.35] Well, me and Mary we met in high school
[01:36.96] And she was just seventeen
[01:40.91] We'd ride out of this valley
[01:44.68] Into where the fields were green
[01:50.97] We'd go down to the river
[01:55.59] And into the river we'd dive
[01:58.51] Oh, down to the river we'd ride
[02:07.60] And I got Mary pregnant
[02:11.22] And man, that was all she wrote
[02:15.49] And for my nineteenth birthday
[02:18.26] I got a union card and wedding coat
[02:23.02] We went down to the courthouse
[02:26.43] When the judge put it all to rest
[02:30.35] No wedding day smiles
[02:32.71] No walk down the isle
[02:34.01] No flowers or wedding dress
[02:37.74] That night we went down to the water
[02:42.60] And into the river we dived
[02:45.54] Ooh, down to the river we'd ride
[02:52.85]
[03:25.42] I got a job working construction
[03:29.07] For the Johnstown Company
[03:33.11] Well, lately there ain't been much work
[03:36.43] On account of the economy
[03:40.22] Woah all them things that seemed so important
[03:44.13] Well, mister, they vanished right into the air
[03:47.51] Now I just act like I don't remember
[03:51.14] And Mary acts like she don't care
[03:55.58] But I remember us riding in my brother's car
[03:59.40] Her body tender tan and wet down at the reservoir
[04:03.88] At night on them banks I'd lie awake
[04:07.08] I'd pull her close just to feel each breath she'd take
[04:10.85] And those memories come back to haunt me
[04:14.54] Yeah, they haunt me like a curse
[04:18.89] Is a dream alive if it don't come true
[04:22.54] Or is it something worse?
[04:25.51] That sends me down to the river
[04:31.29] And into the river we'd dive
[04:34.55] Oh, down to the river we'd ride
[04:43.22] Down to the river
[04:46.92] Though I know that the river is dry
[04:50.14] Oh, down to the river we'd ride
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