Van Zandt, Townes - The Catfish Song Lyrics
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
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
Who dream of tomorrow
While you're a listenin'
These words will I say
Cling to today with it's joy
And it's 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
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Van Zandt, Townes The Catfish Song Comments
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
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
Ok, what filthy heathen gave this a thumbs down?
This would sum me up at my funeral
I believe this was Townes' first proper studio album in almost ten years following 1978's 'Flyin' Shoes' which followed 1972's 'Late Great TVZ'. His work was sparse. His most prolific period being from '69 to '72. Lots of hard years on the road and struggling I suppose.
Terence Boris , his best album was "Live at the Old Quarter". He, like all the greats, was much better live.
"you need all your memories when youth melts away .."
tomkat69pc that's the line that stuck with me.
watch out boy - or you'll end up like townes and me ..
love this one. all beautiful things end up on the bottom of a river eventually
I think this is the only song I've ever heard by Townes that doesn't prominently feature guitar.
@motleycures my pleasure, im thinkin i should try to get my hands on that sometime. im readin shakey: the neil young biography right now and its a real trip