[00:00.00]时代音乐网 www.78497.com  [03:04.84]I come from down in the vally [03:10.83]Where mr  when you're young [03:15.54]They bring you up to do [03:19.69]Like your dad has done [03:25.21]Me and mery we met in high school [03:30.31]When she was just 17 [03:35.17]We'd ride out of this vally [03:39.98]Down to where the fields were green [03:46.75]We go down to the river [03:51.80]And into the river we'd dive [03:56.46]Down to the river [03:59.90]We'd ride [04:05.47]Then i got mery pregnant [04:09.16]And man  that was all she wrote [04:14.13]And for my 19th birthday [04:17.52]I got a union card and a wedding coat [04:22.76]We went down to the courthouse [04:27.00]And the judge put it all to rest [04:31.95]No wedding day smiles [04:33.68]No walk down the aisle [04:36.19]No flowers  no wedding dress [04:39.69]At night we went down to the river [04:44.99]And into the river we'd dive [04:50.60]Down to the river [04:53.87]We'd ride [06:19.09]I got a job work in construction [06:23.24]For the jhonstown company [06:28.08]But lately there ain't been much work [06:32.52]On the acount of the acconomy [06:36.64]Now all them things that seemed so important [06:42.20]Well mr  they vanished right into the air [06:46.10]Now i just act like i don't remember [06:50.17]And mery acts like she don't care [06:55.30]But i remember us riding in my brothers car [06:59.91]Her body tan and wet [07:01.94]Down at the reservoir [07:04.86]At night on them banks i lie awake [07:09.26]And pull her close just to [07:10.61]Feel each breath she takes [07:13.72]Now those memories come back to haunt me [07:18.16]They haunt me like a curse [07:22.81]Tell me is a dream a lie if it don't come true [07:28.35]Or is it something worse [07:31.64]That sends me down to river [07:36.76]Oh i know the river is dry [07:40.88]That sends me down to river tonight [07:50.50]Down to river my baby and i [07:59.42]Oh down to river we'd ride