angel from montgomery

i am an old woman

named after my mother

my old man is another

child that's grown old

if dreams were thunder

and lightning was desire

this old house woulda 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

well 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 tried

those 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 them there buzzin'

and i ain't done nothin' since i woke up today

but how the hell can a person

go to work in the mornin'

and 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