I come from down in the valleywhere mister when you're youngThey bring you up to do like your daddy doneMe and Mary we met in high schoolwhen she was just seventeenWe'd ride out of that valley down to where the fields were greenWe'd go down to the riverAnd into the river we'd diveOh down to the river we'd rideThen I got Mary pregnantand man that was all she wroteAnd for my nineteenth birthday I got a union card and a wedding coatWe went down to the courthouseand the judge put it all to restNo wedding day smiles no walk down the aisleNo flowers no wedding dressThat night we went down to the riverAnd into the river we'd diveOh down to the river we did rideI got a job working construction for the Johnstown CompanyBut lately there ain't been much work on account of the economyNow all them things that seemed so importantWell mister they vanished right into the airNow I just act like I don't rememberMary acts like she don't careBut I remember us riding in my brother's carHer body tan and wet down at the reservoirAt night on them banks I'd lie awakeAnd pull her close just to feel each breath she'd takeNow those memories come back to haunt methey haunt me like a curseIs a dream a lie if it don't come trueOr is it something worsethat sends me down to the riverthough I know the river is dryThat sends me down to the river tonightDown to the rivermy baby and IOh down to the river we rideQuanto tempo è passato... ma la metafora del fiume che trascina via i sogni di felicità è sempre attuale. Ma lo sapete che quest'anno si festeggia il trentennale di un album-pietra miliare del rock come Born to run? 30 anni fa... Io dov'ero? A scuola, naturalmente. Senza nessuna idea precisa di cosa ci fosse fuori di lì. Lui già sui palchi di mezzo mondo, anche sulle prestigiose assi dell'Hammersmith Odeon di Londra. Lui sì che conosceva già come andavano le cose al mondo: una tessera sindacale, un lavoro per mantenere la famiglia e un carico di speranze tradite per sempre.
Post N° 214
I come from down in the valleywhere mister when you're youngThey bring you up to do like your daddy doneMe and Mary we met in high schoolwhen she was just seventeenWe'd ride out of that valley down to where the fields were greenWe'd go down to the riverAnd into the river we'd diveOh down to the river we'd rideThen I got Mary pregnantand man that was all she wroteAnd for my nineteenth birthday I got a union card and a wedding coatWe went down to the courthouseand the judge put it all to restNo wedding day smiles no walk down the aisleNo flowers no wedding dressThat night we went down to the riverAnd into the river we'd diveOh down to the river we did rideI got a job working construction for the Johnstown CompanyBut lately there ain't been much work on account of the economyNow all them things that seemed so importantWell mister they vanished right into the airNow I just act like I don't rememberMary acts like she don't careBut I remember us riding in my brother's carHer body tan and wet down at the reservoirAt night on them banks I'd lie awakeAnd pull her close just to feel each breath she'd takeNow those memories come back to haunt methey haunt me like a curseIs a dream a lie if it don't come trueOr is it something worsethat sends me down to the riverthough I know the river is dryThat sends me down to the river tonightDown to the rivermy baby and IOh down to the river we rideQuanto tempo è passato... ma la metafora del fiume che trascina via i sogni di felicità è sempre attuale. Ma lo sapete che quest'anno si festeggia il trentennale di un album-pietra miliare del rock come Born to run? 30 anni fa... Io dov'ero? A scuola, naturalmente. Senza nessuna idea precisa di cosa ci fosse fuori di lì. Lui già sui palchi di mezzo mondo, anche sulle prestigiose assi dell'Hammersmith Odeon di Londra. Lui sì che conosceva già come andavano le cose al mondo: una tessera sindacale, un lavoro per mantenere la famiglia e un carico di speranze tradite per sempre.