I am an old woman named after my mother Old man is another child that's-a gone wrong Dreams were lightning, and thunder were desire This old house would have burnt down a long time ago Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery Make me a poster of an old rodeo Just give-a me one thing that I can hold on to To believe in this-a living 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, no matter how I try The more years just-a roll by like a broken-down dam Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery Make me a poster of an old rodeo Just give-a 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 'em-a buzzing And I ain't done-a nothing since I woke up today How the hell can a person go to work in the morning And 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-a 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