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Angel From Montgomery (Live)

John Prine

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

John Prine

Vocals

Mike Leach

Bass Guitar

Gene Chrisman

Drums

Reggie Young

Electric Guitar

John Christopher

John Christopher

Guitar

Bobby Emmons

Organ

Leo LeBlanc

Pedal Steel Guitar

Bishop Heywood

Percussion

Bobby Wood

Piano

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

John Prine

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Arif Mardin

Producer

Stan Kesler

Recording Engineer

Lyrics

I am an old woman, named after my mother

My old man is another child that's grown old

If dreams were thunder, lightning was desire

This old house would've burnt 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, 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 nothin' since I woke up today

How the hell can a person go to work in the morning

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

Written by: John Prine

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