I come from down in the valley   Where mister when your young       They bring you up to do   Like your daddy done   Well Mary we met in high school   She was just 17   We'd drive outta this valley   And to where the fields were green      We'd go down to the river   And into the river we'd dive   Oh down to the river we'd ride      well I got Mary pregnant   And man that was all she wrote   Before my 19th birthday   I got a union card and a wedding coach   We went down to the courthouse   The judge brought it all to rest   No wedding day smiles, no walk down the aisles   No flowers, no wedding dress      We'd go down to the river   And into the river we'd dive   Oh down to the river we'd ride      I got a job working construction   For the Johnstown company   Lately there ain't 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 don't remember   Mary acts like she don't care   And I remember us riding in my brother's car   About 10 and went around the reservoir   At night on the banks i'd lye awake    and pull her close to hear each breath she takes   Those memories come back to haunt me   Well they haunt me like a curse   is a dream a lie that don't come true,or is it something worse?       We'd go down to the river   And into the river we'd dive   Oh down to the river we'd ride