I am an old woman
Named after my mother
My old man is another
Child that's grown old
If dreams were thunder
And 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 living is just a hard way to go

When I was a young girl
I had me a cowboy
He wouldn't much to look at
He's a free ramblin' man
But that was a long time
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 of 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 all 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
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 living is just a hard way to go

To believe in this living Is just a hard way to go