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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
John Prine
Acoustic Guitar
Gene Chrisman
Drums
Reggie Young
Lead Guitar
Bobby Emmons
Organ
Leo LeBlanc
Pedal Steel Guitar
Bobby Wood
Piano
Dale "Smitty" Smith
Percussion
Johnny Christopher
Rhythm Guitar
Mike Leech
Bass
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
John Prine
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Arif Mardin
Producer
Dale "Smitty" Smith
Assistant Engineer
Ryan Smith
Mastering Engineer
Stan Kesler
Recording Engineer
Lyrics
I am an old woman
Named after my mother
My old man is another
Child who's grown old
If dreams were lightning
And thunder were 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 livin'
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 a free ramblin' man
But that was a long time
And no matter how I tried
The years just flowed 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 livin'
Is just a hard way to go
There's flies in the kitchen
I can hear 'em there buzzin'
And I ain't done nothing
Since I woke up today
How the hell can a person
Go to work in the morning
Then 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 livin'
Is just a hard way to go
To believe in this livin'
Is just a hard way to go
Writer(s): John Prine
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