Angel from Montgomery
I am an old woman
named after my mother
my old man is another
child who’s grown old
If dreams were thunder
lightning was desire
this old house it
would’ve burned down
a long time ago
Make me an angel
that flies from Montgomery
Make me a poster
of an old rodeo
Just give me one thing
that I can hold on to
to believe in this livin’
is just a hard way to go
When I was a young girl
I had me a cowboy
he wasn’t much to look at
just a free ramblin’ man
There was a long time
no matter how I tried
the years they just rolled by
like a broken down dam
Make me an angel
that flies from Montgomery
Make me a poster
of an old rodeo
Just give me one thing
that I can hold on to
to believe in this livin’
is just a hard way to go
There’s flies in the kitchen
I can hear them there buzzin’
And I ain’t done
nothing since I woke
up today
But how the hell can a person
go to work in the morning
come home in the evening
and have nothing to say
Make me an angel
that flies from Montgomery
Make me a poster
of an old rodeo
Just give me one thing
that I can hold on to
to believe in this livin’
is just a hard way to go