By 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 thats flown away

Well, to meet is like springtime
And to loves 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.

Ill kindle my fires with the words
I cant send you
And the roads I cant follow
And the songs I cant sing

I wandered alone
On the sleigh-bells of winter
With stars for a diamond,
And the world full of rain


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
Shes blue and shes golden
And the angel of winter
Wont 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 thats flown away

There lies a bluebird
Thats flown away

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Thanks to (Lindy) for correcting these lyrics. Mar 26, 2009