The River Lyrics - Live: 1975-85 (3cd) - Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band

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 

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