[00:00.00]时代音乐网 www.78497.com  [00:12.40]I come from down in valley [00:20.62]Where mister when you're young [00:25.80]They bring you up to do [00:28.74]Like your daddy done [00:33.57]Me and Mary we met in high school [00:37.88]When she was just seventeen [00:42.56]We'd drive out of this valley [00:45.55]Down to where the fields were green [00:50.31]We'd go down to the river [00:56.17]And into the river we'd dive [00:59.60]Oh down to the river we'd ride [01:08.88]Then I got Mary pregnant [01:12.31]And man that was all she wrote [01:16.48]And for my nineteenth birthday [01:19.74]I got a union card and a wedding coat [01:24.16]We went down to the courthouse [01:29.15]And the judge put it all to rest [01:32.72]No wedding day smiles [01:35.78]No walk down the aisle [01:37.89]No flowers [01:38.83]No wedding dress [01:40.84]That night we went down to the river [01:45.34]And into the river we'd dive [01:49.07]Oh down to the river we'd ride [01:57.44]I got a job working constrction [02:36.62]For the johnstown company [02:39.55]But lately there ain't been much work [02:44.36]On account of the economy [02:48.05]Now all them things that seemed so important [02:52.72]Well mister they vanished right into the air [02:56.53]Now I just act like I don't remember [03:00.40]Mary acts like she don't care [03:05.33]But I remember us riding in my brother's car [03:09.20]Her body tan and wet down at the reservoir [03:13.43]At night on them banks I'd lie awake [03:17.50]And pull her close just to feel each breath she'd take [03:21.67]Now those memories come back to haunt me [03:25.23]They haunt me like a curse [03:29.22]Is a dream a lie if it don't come true [03:34.28]Or is it something worse [03:37.91]That sends me down to the river [03:41.39]Though I know the river is dry [03:45.95]That sends me down to the river [03:50.88]Tonight [03:54.31]Down to the river [03:57.43]My baby and I [04:02.62]Oh down to  the river we ride [04:08.36]Woo