Catfish Song Lyrics - Singles - Townes Van Zandt

Down at the bottom of that dirty ol' 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 

Well, to meet is like springtime and to love's like the summer 

Her brown eyes shone for nobody but me 

Then autumn forever, the fool come a fallin' 

And the rain turned to freezin' 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 a listenin' these words will I say 

Cling to today with its joy and its sorrow 

You'll need all your memories when youth melts away 

Well, the angel of springtime, he rides down the southwind 

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 ol' 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 

There lies a bluebird that's flown away