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About “Angel from Montgomery”
Written by John Prine about the laments of an older married woman reflecting on what could have been…and yearning for release from her earthly existence…
John Prine & Bonnie Raitt’s Live Performance of “Angel from Montgomery” (date?)
John Prine & Bonnie Raitt (2019)
Lyrics
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 living 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 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 living is just a hard way to go.
There’s flies in the kitchen, I can hear ’em there buzzing.
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 living is just a hard way to go.
Chords & Lyrics
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