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The River (Live) by Bruce Springsteen

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I come from (1)________ 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 (2)________ seventeen
We'd (3)__________ out of this valley
Down to where the (4)____________ (5)________ green

We'd go down to the river
And (6)________ the river we'd dive
(Oh oh) down to the river we'd ride

Then I got Mary pregnant
And man (7)________ was all she wrote
And for my nineteenth birthday
I got a union (8)________ and a wedding coat

We (9)________ down to the courthouse
And the (10)__________ put it all to rest
No wedding day smiles
No (11)________ down the aisle
No flowers, no (12)______________ dress
We (13)________ down to the river
And (14)________ the river we'd dive
(Oh oh) down to the river we'd ride

I got a job working construction
For the Johnstown Company
But lately (15)__________ ain't (16)________ no work
On account of the economy

Now all them things (17)________ (18)____________ so important
Well mister they vanished right into the air
I just act like I don't remember
Mary acts like she don't care
But I (19)________________ 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 close (20)________ to feel each breath she'd take
Now the memories come (21)________ to haunt me
They haunt me like a curse
Is a dream a lie if it don't (22)________ true
Or is it something worse
That (23)__________ me down to the river
Though I know the river is dry
(Oh oh) down to the (24)__________ tonight
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Down to the river
My baby and I
(Oh oh) down to the river we ride

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