I am an old woman
Named after my mother
My old man is another child who's grown old
If dreams were thunder
And lightning was 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 living is just a hard way to go

When I was a young girl
When I had me a cowboy
He wasn'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 flew 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 all them buzzing
And I ain't done nothing
Since I woke up today
But how 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
To believe in this living is just a hard way to go