Angels from Montgomery

angel from montgomery

John prine

I am an old woman

Named after my mother,

My old man is another

Child that's grown old

If dreams were lightning

And thunder were desire

This old house would have burnt 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 weren't much to look at,

Just a free ramblin' man.

But that was a long time

And no matter how i try,

The years just flow 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 'em in there buzzin'

And i ain't done nothin'

Since i woke up today.

How the hell can a person

Go to work in the mornin'

Come home in the evenin'

And have nothin' 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

(repeat chorus)