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

We'd go (5)________ 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 (7)________ was all she wrote
And for my nineteenth birthday
I got a (8)__________ (9)________ and a (10)______________ coat

We went down to the courthouse
And the (11)__________ put it all to rest
No wedding day smiles
No walk 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 there ain't been no work
On account of the economy

Now all them things (15)________ seemed so important
Well mister (16)________ vanished (17)__________ (18)________ the air
I just act like I don't remember
Mary (19)________ (20)________ she don't care
But I (21)________________ us riding in my brother's car
Her body tanned and wet (22)________ at the reservoir
At night on them banks I'd lie awake
And pull her close just to feel each (23)____________ she'd take
Now the (24)________________ come back to haunt me
They haunt me (25)________ a curse
Is a dream a lie if it don't come true
Or is it something worse
That (26)__________ me down 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 (27)________ and I
(Oh oh) down to the (28)__________ we ride

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