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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 (2)__________ you up to do
Like your (3)__________ done
Me and Mary we met in high school
When she was (4)________ seventeen
We'd drive out of this valley
Down to where the (5)____________ (6)________ green

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

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

We (11)________ (12)________ to the courthouse
And the judge put it all to rest
No wedding day smiles
No (13)________ down the aisle
No flowers, no wedding dress
We (14)________ down to the river
And into the (15)__________ 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 (16)________ no work
On account of the economy

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

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