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I come from down in valley |
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where mister when youre young |
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they bring you up to do |
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like your daddy done |
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Me and Mary we met in high school |
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when she was just seventeen |
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wed drive out of this valley |
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down to where the fields were green |
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Wed go down to the river |
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and into the river wed dive |
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oh down to the river wed ride |
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Then I got Mary pregnant |
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and man that was all she wrote |
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and for my nineteenth birthday |
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I got a union card and a wedding coat |
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we went down to the courthouse |
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and the judge put it all to rest |
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no wedding day smiles |
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no walk down the aisle |
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no flowers |
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no wedding dress |
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That night we went down to the river |
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and into the river wed dive |
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oh down to the river wed ride |
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I got a job working constrction |
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for the johnstown company |
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but lately there aint been much work |
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on account of the economy |
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Now all them things that seemed so important |
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well mister they vanished right into the air |
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now I just act like I dont remember |
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Mary acts like she dont care |
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But I remember us riding in my brothers car |
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Her body tan and wet down at the reservoir |
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at night on them banks Id lie awake |
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and pull her close just to feel each breath shed take |
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Now those memories come back to haunt me |
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They haunt me like a curse |
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is a dream a lie if it dont come true |
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or is it something worse |
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that sends me down to the river |
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though I know the river is dry |
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that sends me down to the river |
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tonight |
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Down to the river |
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My baby and I |
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oh down to the river we ride |
