I am an old woman
Named after my mother
My old man was another
Child grown old
If dreams were thunder
And lighten were desire
This old house would have 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
I can hold on too

'Cause belief in this living is a hard way to go

When I was young girl
Well, I had me a cowboy
He weren't much to look at
Just a free rambling man
And that was a long time
And no matter how hard I try
The years just flow by
Like a broken down damn

Make me an angel
That flies from Montgomery
Make me poster of an old rodeo
Just give me one thing
I can hold on to
'Cause belief in this living
Is a hard way to go

There's flies in the kitchen
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
Come home in the evening
And have nothing to say

Make me an angel
That flies from Montgomery
Make me poster of an old rodeo
Just give me one thing
I can hold on to
'Cause belief in this living
Is a hard way to go