With Every Wish

Springsteen Bruce

Ol' catfish in the lake, we called him Big Jim

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1. When I was a kid, my only wish was to get my line in him
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   Skipped church one Sunday rowed out and throw'd in my line
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   Jim took that hook pole and me right over the side
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   Went driftin' down past old tires and rusty cans of beer
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   The angel of the lake whispered in my ear
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   "Before you chose your wish son
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   You better think first
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   With every wish there comes a curse"

I fell in love with beautiful Doreen

2. She was the prettiest thing this old town'd ever seen
   I courted her and I made her mine
   But I grew jealous whenever another man'd, come walkin' down the line
   And my jealousy made me treat her mean and cruel
   She sighed, "Bobby oh Bobby you're such a fool
   Don't you know before you choose your wish
   You'd better think first
   'Cause with every wish there comes a curse"

These days I sit around and laugh at the many rivers I've crossed

3. But on the far banks there's always another forest where a man can get 
   lost
   Well there in the high trees love's bluebird glides
   Guiding us 'cross to another river on the other side
   And there someone is waitin' with a look in her eyes
   And though my heart's grown weary and more than a little bit shy
   Tonight I'll drink from 
   her waters to quench my thirst
   And leave the angels to worry
   With every wish...