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 have 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 the 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 weren't much to look at just a free rambling man

but there 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 of an old rodeo

just give me the 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 them all buzzing

and I ain't done nothing since I woke up to day

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 the one thing that I can hold on to

to believe in this living, is just a hard way to go