The Catfish Song

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

Well, to meet is like springtime

To love´s like the summer

His brown eyes shown for nobody but me

Then autumn forever, the fool comes a calling

And the rain turned to freezing inside of me

I´ll kindle my fire with the words I can´t say

And the roads I can´t follow

And the songs I can´t sing

I´ll wander along on the sleighbells of winter

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

So all you young ladies who dream of tomorrow

While you´re listening these words I will 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 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