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The River (Live) by Bruce Springsteen

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I (1)________ from down in the valley
Where (2)____________ when you're young
They bring you up to do
Like your daddy done
Me and Mary we met in high school
When she was just seventeen
We'd drive out of this valley
Down to where the fields (3)________ green

We'd go down to the river
And into the (4)__________ we'd dive
(Oh oh) down to the river we'd ride

Then I got Mary pregnant
And man that was all she wrote
And for my nineteenth birthday
I got a union card and a (5)______________ coat

We (6)________ down to the courthouse
And the (7)__________ put it all to rest
No (8)______________ day smiles
No (9)________ down the aisle
No flowers, no wedding dress
We (10)________ down to the river
And into the river we'd dive
(Oh oh) (11)________ to the river we'd ride

I got a job (12)______________ construction
For the Johnstown Company
But lately (13)__________ ain't been no work
On account of the economy

Now all them (14)____________ (15)________ (16)____________ so important
Well mister (17)________ vanished right (18)________ the air
I just act like I don't remember
Mary acts (19)________ she don't care
But I (20)________________ us (21)____________ in my brother's car
Her (22)________ tanned and wet (23)________ at the reservoir
At night on them (24)__________ I'd lie awake
And pull her close (25)________ to feel each breath she'd take
Now the memories come back to (26)__________ me
They (27)__________ 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 river is dry
(Oh oh) down to the river tonight
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Down to the river
My baby and I
(Oh oh) down to the river we ride

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