Angel From Montgomery
John Prine, 1971· Songs Well-Known in America · p.23
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I am an old- woman named after my mother
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My old man is another child that's grown old
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If dreams were lightning, thunder were desire
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This old house would have burnt down a long time ago
Chorus:
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Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery
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Make me a poster of an old rodeo
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Just give me one thing that I can hold on to
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To believe in this living is just a hard way to go
When I was a young girl, well I had me a cowboy
He weren't much to look at just a free rambling man
But that was a long time and no matter how I try
The years just flow by like a broken-down dam (Chorus)
There's flies in the kitchen I can hear 'em there buzzing
And I ain't done nothing since I woke up today
How the hell can a person go to work in the morning
And come home in the evening and have nothing to say (Chorus)