Letra de The River (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - 09/22/79)
I come from down in the valley Where, mister, when you're young They bring you up to do Like your daddy done I met Mary when we were in high school And she was just 17 We'd drive out of that valley Down to where the fields were greenWe'd go down to the river And into the river we'd dive Oh-oh, down to the river we'd rideThen I got Mary pregnant And, man, that was all she wrote And for my 19th 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 walk down the aisle No flowers, no wedding dressThat night we went down to the river And into the river we'd dive Oh-oh, down to the river we did rideI got a job working construction For the Johnstown Company But lately there ain't been no work On account of the economy And all them things that seemed so important Well, mister, they vanished right into the air Now I act like I don't remember Mary acts like she don't careBut I remember us riding in my brother's car Her body tan and wet down at the reservoir At night on those banks I'd lie awake Pull her close just to feel each breath she'd take Now them 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 river is dry Oh-oh, down to the river we ride, ah-yay-yay Down to the river, my baby and I Oh-oh, down to the river we ride, ah yay-yayI'm officially over the fuckin' hill Can't trust myself anymore So let me hear some party noises Count to three, you can do better than that