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AD
Verse
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I am an old man named after my father
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My brotha was another child that is grown
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If dreams were lightning and thunder desire
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This old house would've burnt down a long time ago
Chorus
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lord wont you send me an angel fly her straight to Montgomery
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Make her the prettiest thing that I never did see
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Just give me one damn thing that I can hold on to
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To believe in this living is just a hard way to go
verse 2
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When I was a young boy I had me a lover
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She wasnt much of a looker just a free ramblin'soul
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But that was such a long time ago, and no matter how I try
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These dreams go back (well they go back like) a broken-down dam
Chorus
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lord wont you send me an angel fly her straight to Montgomery
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Make her the prettiest thing that I never did see
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Just give me one damn thing that I can hold on to
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To believe in this living is just a hard way to go
Solo
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verse 3
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There's flies in the kitchen,I can hear them a-buzzin'
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But I ain't done nothin' since I woke up today
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How the hell can a person go to work in the morning
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Come home in the evenin', they got nothin' to say
Chorus
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lord wont you send me an angel fly her straight to Montgomery
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C
G
D
Make her the prettiest thing that I never did see
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C
G
D
Just give me one damn thing that I can hold on to
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C
G
D
To believe in this living is just a hard way to go
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To believe in this living is just a hard way to go