00:20I come from down in the valley
00:24Where Mr. When You're Young
00:28They bring you up to do
00:33Like your old baby doll
00:36Me and Mary, we met in high school
00:41When she was just 17
00:46We'd ride in the valley
00:49Down to where the fields were green
00:56We'd go down to the river
01:00And into the river we'd die
01:04Oh, down to the river we'd ride
01:13When I got Mary pregnant
01:17And man, it was all she wore
01:22For my 19th birthday
01:25I got a union card and a wedding cup
01:30We went down to the courthouse
01:34And the judge put it all to rest
01:39No wedding day smiles
01:41No walk down the aisle
01:43No flowers, no wedding dress
01:46At night we went down to the river
01:51And into the river we'd die
01:55Oh, down to the river we'd ride
02:01Oh, down to the river we'd die
02:39I had a job working construction
02:43With a Johnstown company
02:48Lately there ain't been much work
02:52On account of the economy
02:56All those things that seem so important
03:00They vanished right into the air
03:04I just act like I don't remember
03:08And Mary acts like she don't care
03:12But I remember this ride
03:16And in my brother's car
03:17Her body tanned
03:19And went down at the reservoir
03:21At night on those banks I'd lie away
03:26And put close just to feel
03:28Each breath she'd take
03:30Now those memories come back to haunt me
03:34Well they haunt me like a curse
03:38Tell me is the dream a life that don't come true
03:42Or is it something worse
03:46It sends me down to the river
03:51Oh I know the river is dry
03:55It sends me down to the river tonight
04:04Down to the river my baby and I
04:12Oh down to the river we ride
04:18Oh yeah yeah
04:20Oh oh oh oh
04:26Oh oh oh
04:28Uh oh oh oh
04:36Come on!
