Lyrics of
Angel From Montgomery

Angel from Montgomery was written by John Prine and tells the story of a disillusioned housewife longing to escape her mundane existence. The song expresses feelings of disillusionment and yearning for something more, illustrated through the plea to be made an angel flying from Montgomery. It was inspired, in part, by Prines ability to step into the shoes of female characters in his songs.

I am an old woman named after my mother.
My old man is another child that's grown old.
If dreams were lightning and thunder were 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 wa'rn't much to look at, just a free ramblin' man.
But that 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 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 their buzzin'
but I ain't done nothin' since I woke up today.
But how the hell can a person go to work in the morning
come home in the evenin' and have nothin' 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.