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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 thunder lightning was desire
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This old house would have burnt down a long time ago
Chorus:
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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 well, I had me a cowboy
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He weren't much to look at, just free rambling 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.
Chorus:
G F C G
Make me an angel that flies from montgomery
G F C G
Make me a poster of an old rodeo
G F C G
Just give me one thing that I can hold on to
G F D G
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 buzzing
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And I ain't done nothing 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 evening and have nothing to say?
Chorus:
G F C G
Make me an angel that flies from montgomery
G F C G
Make me a poster of an old rodeo
G F C G
Just give me one thing that I can hold on to
G F D G
To believe in this living is just a hard way to go