Angel from Montgomery (2000 Re-Record) - John Prine

Written by：John Prine

I am an old woman

Named after my mother

My old man is another

Child who's grown old

If dreams were lightning

And thunder 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

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

That was a long time

And no matter how I tried

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 all their buzzin'

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

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

To believe in this livin'

Is just a

Hard way to go