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 burned 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 all their buzzin'
(But) I ain't done nothin' since I woke up today
I am a kind of person goes 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
To believe in this living is just a hard way to go