Townes Van Zandt — The Catfish Song

[Verse 1] Well down at the bottom of that dirty old river Down where the reeds and the catfish play There lies a dream as soft as the water There lies a bluebird that's flown away [Verse 2] Well, to meet is like springtime and to love is like the summer Her brown eyes shone for nobody but me Then autumn, forever the fool, come a-falling And the rain turned to freezing inside of me [Verse 3] I'll kindle my fires with the words I can't send you And the roads I can't follow and the songs I can't sing I'll wander alone on the sleigh bells of winter With the stars for a diamond and the world for a ring [Verse 4] Well, all you young ladies who dream of tomorrow While you're listening, these words will I say Cling to today with its joy and its sorrow You'll need all your memories when youth melts away [Verse 5] Well, the angel of springtime, he rides down the south wind The angel of summer, he does just the same The angel of autumn, she's blue and she's golden And the angel of winter won't remember your name [Verse 1] Well down at the bottom of that dirty old river Down where the reeds and the catfish play There lies a dream as soft as the water There lies a bluebird that's flown away Oh there lies a bluebird that's flown away