[Verse 1]

            
I am an old wo

             
man named afte

     
r my mother
             
My old man is 

           
another child 

       
that's grown o

ld
             
If dreams were

            
 thunder light

             
ning was desir

e
             
This old house

             
 would have bu

            
rnt down a lon

       
g time ago


[Chorus]

            
Make me an ang

             
el that flies 

     
from montgomer

y
            
Make me a post

             
er of an old r


odeo
             
Just give me o

             
ne thing that 

          
I can hold on 

to
             
To believe in 

             
this living is

            
 just a hard w

      
ay to go


[Verse 2]

             
When I was a y

             
oung girl well

             
, I had me a c


owboy
             
He weren't muc

             
h to look at, 

            
just free ramb

      
ling man
             
But that was a

             
 long time and

             
 no matter how

 
 I try
             
The years just

             
 flow by like 

            
a broken down 

 
dam.


[Chorus]

            
Make me an ang

             
el that flies 

     
from montgomer

y
            
Make me a post

             
er of an old r


odeo
             
Just give me o

             
ne thing that 

          
I can hold on 

to
             
To believe in 

             
this living is

            
 just a hard w

      
ay to go


[Verse 3]

             
There's flies 

             
in the kitchen

             
 I can hear 'e

         
m there buzzin

g
             
And I ain't do

             
ne nothing sin

            
ce I woke up t


oday.
             
How the hell c

            
an a person go

              
 to work in th

  
e morning
             
Come home in t

             
he evening and

            
 have nothing 

   
to say?


[Chorus]

            
Make me an ang

             
el that flies 

     
from montgomer

y
            
Make me a post

             
er of an old r


odeo
             
Just give me o

             
ne thing that 

          
I can hold on 

to
             
To believe in 

             
this living is

            
 just a hard w

      
ay to go