Angel from Montgomery es una canción escrita por John Prine. Habla sobre la vida monótona y sin esperanza de una ama de casa domesticada. Muchos artistas, incluyendo a Bonnie Raitt, hicieron covers de la canción, lo que contribuyó a su popularidad duradera. Prine mencionó que la canción intenta hablar desde una perspectiva femenina.
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 Wasn'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 them a-buzzin' But I ain't done nothin' since I woke up today How the hell can a person go to work in the morning Come home in the evenin', they got 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
To believe in this living is just a hard way to go