And the roads I can't follow
There lies a bluebird that's flown away
There lies a bluebird that's flown away
And the rain turned to freezin' inside of me
I can't send you
Down at the bottom of that dirty ol' river
Well, all you young ladies who dream of tomorrow
The angel of autumn, she's blue and she's golden
Her brown eyes shone for nobody but me
And the songs I can't sing
While you're a listenin' these words will I say
Down where the reeds and the catfish play
The angel of summer, he does just the same
There lies a dream as soft as the water
Well, the angel of springtime, he rides down the southwind
Cling to today with its joy and its sorrow
You'll need all your memories when youth melts away
Then autumn forever, the fool come a fallin'
And the angel of winter won't remember your name
I'll kindle my fires with the words
Well, to meet is like springtime and to love's like the summer
There lies a dream as soft as the water
