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The River (Live) by Bruce Springsteen

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I come (1)________ down in the valley
Where (2)____________ when you're young
They (3)__________ you up to do
Like your daddy done
Me and Mary we met in (4)________ school
When she was just seventeen
We'd drive out of this valley
Down to where the (5)____________ 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 (7)____________________ birthday
I got a union card and a wedding coat

We went down to the courthouse
And the judge put it all to rest
No wedding day smiles
No (8)________ down the aisle
No flowers, no wedding dress
We (9)________ down to the river
And into the (10)__________ we'd dive
(Oh oh) (11)________ to the river we'd ride

I got a job working construction
For the Johnstown Company
But lately there ain't (12)________ no work
On account of the economy

Now all them things that seemed so important
Well (13)____________ they vanished (14)__________ into the air
I (15)________ act like I don't remember
Mary acts (16)________ she don't care
But I (17)________________ us (18)____________ in my brother's car
Her body (19)____________ and wet (20)________ at the reservoir
At night on them banks I'd lie awake
And (21)________ her (22)__________ 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 sends me down to the river
Though I know the (23)__________ is dry
(Oh oh) down to the (24)__________ tonight
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Down to the river
My baby and I
(Oh oh) (25)________ to the river we ride

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