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i come from down in the vally |
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where mr. when you're young |
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they bring you up to do |
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like your dad has done |
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me and mery we met in high school |
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when she was just 17 |
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we'd ride out of this vally |
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down to where the fields were green |
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we go down to the river |
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and into the river we'd dive |
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down to the river |
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we'd ride |
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then i got mery pregnant |
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and man, that was all she wrote |
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and for my 19th 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, no wedding dress |
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at night we went down to the river |
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and into the river we'd dive |
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down to the river |
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we'd ride |
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i got a job work in construction |
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for the jhonstown company |
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but lately there ain't been much work |
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on the acount of the acconomy |
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now all them things that seemed so important |
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well mr. they vanished right into the air |
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now i just act like i don't remember |
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and mery acts like she don't care |
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but i remember us riding in my brothers car |
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her body tan and wet |
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down at the reservoir |
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at night on them banks i lie awake |
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and pull her close just to feel each breath she takes |
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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 don't come true |
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or is it something worse |
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that sends me down to river |
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oh i know the river is dry |
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that sends me down to river tonight |
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down to river my baby and i |
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oh down to river we'd ride |
