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 pe
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 pe
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 haunt1 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，当时你还非常小
他们养育你，叫你去做你父亲做过的事
我和玛丽在中学认识
当时她只有十七岁
大家乘车离开那山谷
下去一处满是绿油油田野的地方
大家去到河边
然后在河里，大家潜水
啊！大家乘车去到河边
然后，我使玛丽怀孕
老兄，这就是结局了
在我十九岁过生日
我得到了一张工会会员证和一套婚纱礼服
大家去到法院
那法官把所有都搁置
没结婚典礼日的微笑，没走过红地毯
没花，也没婚纱
那夜大家去到河边
然后在河里，大家潜水
啊！大家乘车去到河边
我在约翰城公司找到一份建筑的工作
但由于经济萧条的原故，工作不及以前多了
目前，全部那些以前看上去非常重要的事
嗯，先生，它们消失得不见踪影
目前我只装作我记不起
玛丽装作她不在乎
但我记得大家驾驶我哥哥的车
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
目前那些记忆回来缠扰我
它们像诅咒般缠扰着我
一个梦想倘若不可以达成，是不是只不过个谎话？
或是一些更坏的东西？
那送我去到河边
虽然我了解河流已经干涸
今晚，那送我去到河边
去到河边
我的宝贝和我
啊！大家乘车去到河边
