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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 (2)________ daddy done
Me and (3)________ we met in high school
When she was just seventeen
We'd drive out of (4)________ valley
Down to where the fields were green

We'd go (5)________ to the river
And (6)________ the river we'd dive
(Oh oh) (7)________ to the (8)__________ we'd ride

Then I got Mary pregnant
And man (9)________ was all she wrote
And for my nineteenth birthday
I got a union card and a (10)______________ coat

We (11)________ (12)________ to the courthouse
And the (13)__________ put it all to rest
No (14)______________ day smiles
No walk down the aisle
No flowers, no wedding dress
We went down to the river
And into the river we'd dive
(Oh oh) (15)________ to the river we'd ride

I got a job working construction
For the Johnstown Company
But lately there ain't been no work
On (16)______________ of the economy

Now all them things (17)________ seemed so important
Well (18)____________ 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 (20)________ tanned and wet down at the reservoir
At night on (21)________ (22)__________ I'd lie awake
And pull her (23)__________ just to feel each breath she'd take
Now the memories 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 something worse
That (24)__________ me (25)________ to the river
Though I know the river is dry
(Oh oh) down to the river tonight
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Down to the river
My (26)________ and I
(Oh oh) down to the river we ride

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