Silver Fish

It was so dark in the room

When I kissed you in the moon

And the clover bloomed like perfume

And they say there's silk in the cotton loom

Silk in the cotton loom

In the land of your kin

And the grass like skin

Like catfish fins, like liver

And there's silver fish in the river

Fish in the river

And I hope dogwoods bloom bright white

Like edelweiss line Swiss vines

And there's veal in the food lines

Veal in the food lines

And I hope I die in the night

Dreaming dreams of June

And banjos tuned like yellow-billed loons

And I hear the lilies bloomed in the sand dunes

Bloomed in the sand dunes

I know darkness, death does harken

Hard to stick around

In the sudden starkness, so we darken

Waves beat down the sound

But if there's gold in the mountain

I'll cut the top off, make that hill a fountain

In the land of your kin

And the grass like skin

Like catfish fins, like liver

And there's silver fish in the river

Fish in the river