"Angel from Montgomery"
 Words and Music by John Prine

I am an old woman named after my mother My old man is another child that's grown old
If dreams were thunder lightning was desire This old house would have burnt down a long time ago

Chorus:
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 free rambling man
But that was a long time and no matter how I try The years just flow by like a broken down dam.

Chorus:
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.

Chorus:
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