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[Verse 1]
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I come from down in the valley, where mister, when you're young,
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They bring you up to do just like your daddy done,
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Me and Mary we met in high school, when she was just seven-teen,
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We rode out of that valley to where the fields are green.
[Chorus]
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And we went down to the river and into the river we'd dive,
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Oh down to the river we’d ride.
[Interlude]
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[Verse 2]
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I got Mary pregnant, oh man, that was all she wrote,
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And for my 19th birthday I got a union card and a wedding coat,
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We went down to the courthouse, and the judge put it all to rest,
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No wedding day smiles, no walk down the aisle,
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No flowers, no wedding dress.
[Chorus]
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Ooh we went down to the river and into the river we'd dive,
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Oh down to the river we’d ride.
[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
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I got a job working construction for the Johnstown Company,
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Ooh, but lately there ain't been that much work on account of the economy,
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And all these things that seemed so important,
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Mister they vanished right into the air,
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Now I act like I don't remember, Mary acts like she don't care.
[Bridge]
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But I remember us riding in my brother's car,
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Her body tan and wet down at the reservoir,
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At night on them banks I'd lie awake,
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And pull her close just to feel each breath she'd take,
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Ooh but those memories come back to haunt me,
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Ooh 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?
[Chorus]
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That sends me down to the river,
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And though the river is dry,
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Ooh ooh go down to the river tonight,
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We will go down to the river my baby and I,
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Oh down to the river we ride. Ooh..
[Interlude]
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[Chorus]
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We went down to the river my baby and I,
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Oh down to the river we’d ride. Aah ahh aah
[Outro]
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