angel from montgomery

I am an old woman

Named after my mama

My old man is another

Child who's grown old

If dreams were thunder

Lightning was desire

This old house 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

And I can hold on to

To believe in this living

Is such a hard way to go

When I was a young girl

Had me a cowboy

None much to look at

Just a free rolling man

That was a long time ago

No matter how I tried

These years just rolled on 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

I can hold on to

To believe in this living

Is such a hard way to go

Flies in the kitchen

Hearing them there buzzing

Ain't done nothing since I woke up today

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

Flies from Montgomery

Make me a poster

Of an old rodeo

Just give me one thing

But I can hold on to

To believe in this living

Is such a hard way to go