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The River (Live) by Bruce Springsteen

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I come from (1)________ in the valley
Where mister (2)________ you're young
They bring you up to do
Like your daddy done
Me and (3)________ we met in (4)________ school
When she was just seventeen
We'd drive out of this valley
Down to (5)__________ the fields were green

We'd go down to the river
And into the river we'd dive
(Oh oh) (6)________ 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 (7)________ to the courthouse
And the judge put it all to rest
No (8)______________ day smiles
No walk (9)________ the aisle
No flowers, no wedding dress
We went down to the river
And into the river we'd dive
(Oh oh) (10)________ to the river we'd ride

I got a job working construction
For the Johnstown Company
But lately there ain't (11)________ no work
On account of the economy

Now all them things that seemed so important
Well mister (12)________ (13)________________ right into the air
I (14)________ act like I don't remember
Mary acts like she don't care
But I (15)________________ us riding in my brother's car
Her body tanned and wet down at the reservoir
At night on them banks I'd lie awake
And pull her (16)__________ just to feel (17)________ breath she'd take
Now the (18)________________ come back to haunt me
They haunt me like a curse
Is a dream a lie if it don't come true
Or is it (19)__________________ worse
That (20)__________ me (21)________ to the river
Though I know the river is dry
(Oh oh) (22)________ to the river tonight
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Down to the river
My (23)________ and I
(Oh oh) down to the (24)__________ we ride

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