Bonnie Raitt – Angel From Montgomery


Bonnie Raitt – Angel From Montgomery – Live on The Arlo Guthrie Show (PBS) Austin, TX, 2-27-1987.

No effects, no autotune, no silicone, collagen, or botox. 100% natural talent!

Thank you, John Prine, for writing this song. Thank you, Bonnie, for delivering it so beautifully, and with quiet power!

Johnny Lee Schell – Bass, Vocals,
David Bromberg – Slide-guitar
Arlo Guthrie – Keyboard, Vocals

Lyrics:
I am an old woman
Named after my mother
My old man is another
Child who’s grown old

If dreams were lightning
And thunder were 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
Well, I had me a cowboy
He weren’t much to look at
Just a free ramblin’ man

But that was a long time
And no matter how I tried
The years just flowed 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

There’s flies in the kitchen
I can hear ’em 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
Then 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

To believe in this livin’
Is just a hard way to go

Songwriters: Prine John E
Angel From Montgomery lyrics © Walden Music Inc., Sour Grapes Music Inc., Walden Music, Inc., Sour Grapes Music, Inc.

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