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Bill amp Gloria Gaither Down to the River to Pray Live
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Hey, if you wanna support me, please consider subscribing to my channel, liking this video and most importantly, sharing it with your friends and loved ones. Maybe you wanna check out my original music, too. It's linked below. It would mean the world to me. • Thank you so much for watching! • LEX • • This is an acoustic cover of The River , originally recorded by Bruce Springsteen on his album The River . • My debut album MAVERICK out now! • Download or stream it here: https://www.feiyr.com/x/lexhenrikson • http://lexhenrikson.com/ • / lexhenrikson • / lexhenrikson • / lexhenrikson • https://open.spotify.com/artist/56dMC... • • Lyrics: • I come from down in the valley • Where, mister, 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 were green • We'd go down to the river • And into the river we'd dive • Oh, down to the river we'd ride • Then 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 dress • That night we went down to the river • And into the river we'd dive • Oh, down to the river we did ride • I got a job working construction for the Johnstown Company • But lately there ain't been much work on account of the economy • Now all them things that seemed so important • Well, mister, they vanished right into the air • Now I just act like I don't remember • Mary acts like she don't care • But I remember us riding in my brother's car • Her body tanned and wet down at the reservoir • At night on them banks I'd lie awake • And pull her close just to feel each breath she'd take • Now those 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 • That sends me down to the river tonight • Down to the river, my baby and I • Oho, down to the river we ride
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