The River Bruce Springsteen

I Emcome from down in the Gvalley
Where Dmister, when you're Cyoung
They Embring you up to Gdo Clike your daddy Gdone
Me and CMary we met in high school
When Gshe was just DsevenEmteen
We'd Amdrive out of this valley down to Gwhere the fields were Cgreen

We'd go Emdown to the Criver
And Dinto the river we'd Gdive
Oh Emdown to the Criver we'd Dride ... C

Then EmI got Mary Gpregnant
And Dman, that was all she Cwrote
And Emfor my 19th Gbirthday I got a union Ccard and a Gwedding coat
We Cwent down to the courthouse
And the Gjudge put it Dall to Emrest
No Amwedding day smiles, no walk down the aisle
No Gflowers, no wedding Cdress

That night we went Emdown to the Criver
And Dinto the river we'd Gdive
Oh Emdown to the Criver we'd Dride ... C

Verse

I Emgot a job working conGstruction for the DJohnstown CompaCny
But Emlately there ain't been much Gwork on aCccount of the econoGmy
Now all them Cthings that seemed so important
Well mister Gthey vanished right inDto the Emair
Now I just Amact like I don't remember
Mary Gacts like she don't Ccare

But I reEmmember us riding in my Gbrother's car
Her body Dtan and wet down at the Creservoir
At Emnight on them banks I'd lie aGwake
And pull her Cclose just to feel each Gbreath she'd take
Now those Cmemories come back to haunt me
They Ghaunt me Dlike a Emcurse
Is a Amdream a lie if it don't come true
Or Gis it something Cworse

That sends me Emdown to the Criver
Though I Dknow the river is Gdry
That sends me Emdown to the Criver toDnight ... C

EmDown to the Criver my Dbaby and GI
Oh Emdown to the Criver we Dride ... C