text: I come from down in the valley
  Where, mister, when youre young
  They bring you up to do like your daddy done
  Well, Mary, we met in high school
  She was just seventeen
  Wed drive outta this valley
  Down to where the fields were green
  Wed go down to the river
  And into the river wed dive
  Oh, down to the river wed ride
  Well, I got Mary pregnant
  And, man, that was all she wrote
  Before my nineteenth birthday
  I got a union card and a wedding coat
  We went down to the courthouse
  And the judge brought it all to rest
  No wedding day smiles
  No walk down the aisles
  No flowers, no wedding dress
  Wed go down to the river
  And into the river wed dive
  Oh, down to the river wed ride
  I got a job working construction
  For the Johnstown company
  Lately, there aint been much work
  On account of the economy
  All those things that seemed so important
  Well, they just vanish in the air
  And I act like I dont remember
  Mary acts like she dont care
  And I remember us riding in my brothers car
  About ten and went around the reservoir
  At night on the banks, Id lie awake
  And pull her close to feel each breath shed take
  Those memories come back to haunt me
  Well, they haunt me like a curse
  Is a dream a lie that dont come true
  Or is it something worse?
  And wed go down to the river
  And into the river wed dive
  Oh, down to the river wed ride
  Down to the river, my baby and I
  Oh, down to the river, wed ride