Angel From Montgomery

by Crawford Smith

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All sales from this recording are donated to Lifeworks Austin, a nonprofit that focuses on youth homelessness and many other issues facing vulnerable communities in ATX. Find out more here www.lifeworksaustin.org

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I am an old woman
Named after my mother
My old man is another
Child who's grown old
If dreams were thunder
And lightning was desire
This old house would've 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
That I can hold on to
To believe in this livin'
Is just a hard way to go
When I was a young girl
I had me a cowboy
He wasn't much to look at
Just a free ramblin' man
That was a long time
And no matter how I tried
Those years just flown 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 livin'
Is just a hard way to go
And there's flies in the kitchen
I can hear all their 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 livin'
Is just a hard way to go

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released April 21, 2020
Lyrics and music by John Prine. 6 and 12 string guitar, bass, keyboards, vocals and drum programming by Crawford Smith. Also recorded and mixed by Crawford Smith.

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Crawford Smith Flagstaff, Arizona

Moved to Austin in hope of finding that sense of cowboy authenticity. Still a fake cowboy. Now in Flagstaff, still fake.

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