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Well she was an American girl Raised on promises She couldn't help thinking that there Was a little more to life somewhere else After all it was a great big world With lots of places to run to Yeah, and if she had to die tryin' She had one little promise she was gonna keep Oh yeah, all right Take it easy baby Make it last all night She was an American girl Well it was kinda cold that night She stood alone on her balcony Yeah, she could hear the cars roll by Out on 441, like waves crashin' on the beach And for one desperate moment there He crept back in her memory God it's so painful, something that's so close And still so far out of reach Oh yeah, all right Take it easy baby Make it last all night She was an American girl | Bien ella era una chica Americana criada en promesas Ella no podía evitar pensar que había un poco más de vida en alguna otra parte Después de todo era un mundo enorme con muchos lugares a los cuales correr Sí, y si ella tuviera que morir intentándolo ella tenía una pequeña promesa que ella iba a mantener Oh sí, muy bien Tómatelo con calma Nena Haz que dure toda la noche Ella era una chica Americana Bien era una noche algo fría ella estaba sola en su balcón Sí, podía escuchar los coches rodar afuera en la 441, como olas rompiendo en la playa Y ahí por un momento desesperado él reapareció en su memoria Dios es tan doloroso cuando, algo que está tan cerca y aun así está tan fuera de alcance Oh sí, muy bien Tómatelo con calma Nena Haz que dure toda la noche Ella era una chica Americana |
THE RIVER
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
