Angels From Montgomery

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

 
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Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery. 
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Make me a poster of an old rodeo. 
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Just give me one thing that I can hold on to. 
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To believe in this living is just a hard way to go. 
 

 
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When I was a young girl I had me a cowboy, 
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He wa'rn't much to look at, just a free ramblin' man. 
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But that was a long time, and no matter how I try, 
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the years just flow by like a broken-down dam. 
 

 
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Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery. 
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Make me a poster of an old rodeo. 
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Just give me one thing that I can hold on to. 
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To believe in this living is just a hard way to go. 
 

 
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There's flies in the kitchen, I can hear 'em there buzzin' 
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and I ain't done nothin' since I woke up today. 
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How the hell can a person go to work in the morning 
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and come home in the evenin' and have nothin' to say? 
 

 
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Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery. 
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Make me a poster of an old rodeo. 
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Just give me one thing that I can hold on to. 
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To believe in this living is just a hard way to go.