I am an old woman, named after my mother My old man is another, child that's grown old If dreams were lightning, thunder were desire This old house would have burnt down, a long time ago Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery Make me a poster from 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, well 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 I try The years just flow by, like a broken down dam Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery Make me a poster from 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 'em there 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 Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery Make me a poster from 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 To believe in this living is just a hard way to go