The riverBruce Springsteen

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 ride out of that 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 nineteenth 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 tan 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
Oh down to the river we ride

河　流　布鲁斯史宾斯汀

我来自山谷里的丘陵草原
先生，当时你还很小
他们养育你，让你去做你爸爸做过的事
我和玛丽在中学认识
当时她只有十七岁
我们乘车离开那山谷
下去一处满是绿油油田野的地方

我们去到河边
然后在河里，我们潜水
啊！我们乘车去到河边

然后，我使玛丽怀孕
老兄，这就是结局了
在我十九岁生日
我得到了一张工会会员证和一套结婚礼服
我们去到法院
那法官把一切都搁置
没有婚礼日的微笑，没有走过红地毯
没有花，也没有婚纱

那夜我们去到河边
然后在河里，我们潜水
啊！我们乘车去到河边

我在约翰城公司找到一份建筑的工作
但因为经济萧条的缘故，工作不及以前多了
现在，全部那些从前看似很重要的事
嗯，先生，它们消失得无影无踪
现在我只装作我记不起
玛丽装作她不在乎

但我记得我们驾驶我哥哥的车
就在蓄水池，她晒成古铜色的身躯湿透了
在夜里，在那些河岸之上我清醒地躺卧着
而且把她拉近至可以感到她的每一次呼气
现在那些记忆回来缠扰我
它们像诅咒般缠扰着我
一个梦想假如不能实现，是否只是个谎言？
或是一些更坏的东西？
那送我去到河边
虽然我知道河流已经干涸
今晚，那送我去到河边
去到河边
我的宝贝和我
啊！我们乘车去到河边