In a curve of the South Llano River
Where the water runs seven feet deep
The catfish all sing to each other
Once the sun fish have fallen asleep
When the moon hangs high in Orion
And the stars on the water don't bend
You can hear their sad songs if you're lying
On the banks with a mind to pretend
Once I dreamed of being a cowboy
Once I dreamed of a life on the sea
My horse's name would have been Rambler
And my sailboat the Skinny Gypsy
But neither one would have taken me nowhere
I didn't think I'd want to go
I'd just sit on a ranch or the water
With no kind of songs of my own
Wondering thoughts they're a buzzing
And biting my arms and my feet
I wish you could be here to listen
I wish that you wanted to be
Mosquitos don't fly in the winter
And fish don't learn music in schools
A man doesn't cry cause he's hurting
But the Llano don't play by the rules
So in a curve of the South Llano River
Where the water-stars dance with a breeze
The catfish all sing with each other
In painfully high harmonies
The unbroken hearts never will join them
For fear they won't find the right key
But living's the risk'in' the going
So the sail-boats and horses agree
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