Get ready to rock out with the boss with your PBS sneak peek of the legendary '79 No Nukes Concert from Madison Square Garden in New York City.
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And now Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band debut "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 I met Mary when we were in high school When she was just seventeen We drive 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'd ride.
I got a job working construction For the Johnstown Company But lately there ain't been no 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 Ooh-Ooh Oh, down to the river we ride-ide Oh, down to the river My baa-by and I Oh down to the river we ride-ide!
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh (applause) This concert in September of '79 was the first time Springsteen performed "The River" live in front of thousands of fans.
The Boss was just turning thirty when he hit the stage at Madison Square Garden for this legendary performance.
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