Angel From Montgomery Songtext
von 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 were 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
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
The years just flowed 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 there buzzin′
And I ain't done nothing
Since I woke up today


How the hell can a person
Go to work in the morning
Then 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