With Every Wish

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Ol' catfish in the lake we called him Big Jim

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


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These days I sit around and laugh at the many rivers I've crossed
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But on the far banks there's always another forest where a man can get lost
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Well there in the high trees love's bluebird glides
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Guiding us 'cross to another river on the other side
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And there someone is waitin' with a look in her eyes
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And though my heart's grown weary
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And more than a little bit shy
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Tonight I'll drink from her waters to quench my thirst

And leave the angels  to worry
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With every wish

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