[Verse 1]
I am an old woman named after my mother
My old man was another child that's grown
If dreams were lightning and thunder were desire
This old house would have burnt down a long time ago

[Chorus]
So 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
Believing isn't living, it's just a hard way to go

[Verse 2]
When I was a young girl, I had me a cowboy
He weren't much to look at, just a free rambling man
But that was a long time and no matter how hard I try
The years just roll by like a broken-down dam

[Chorus]
So 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
But believing isn't living, it's just a hard way to go

[Verse 3]
There's flies in the kitchen and I can hear them 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]
So 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
But believing isn't living, it's just a hard way to go
Believing isn't living, it's just a hard way to go