Angel from Montgomery é uma música escrita por John Prine. Fala sobre a vida monótona e sem esperança de uma dona de casa casada. Muitas artistas, incluindo Bonnie Raitt, fizeram covers da música, dando-lhe uma popularidade duradoura. Prine mencionou que a música tenta falar de uma perspectiva feminina.
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