Van Zandt Townes - The Catfish Song

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The Catfish Song

[D]Down at the bottom of that [G]dirty old riv[D]er

[A7]Down where the [Bm]reeds and the [G]catfish [D]play

[D]There lies a dream as [G]soft as the [D]water

[D]There lies a bluebird that's [G]flown a[D]way



To meet is like springtime, to love's like the summer

Her brown eyes shown for nobody but me

In autumn forever the fool come a-fallin'

And the rain turned to freezing inside of me



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 sleighbells of winter

With the stars for a diamond and the world for a ring



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



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



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