I

am

an

old

wo-

man

Named

af-

ter

my

mot-

her

My

old

man

is

a-

not-

her

Child

who's

grown

old

If

dreams

were

thun-

der

And

light-

ning

was

de-

si-

re

This

old

house

would'-

ve

burned

down

A

long

time

a-

go

Make

me

an

an-

gel

That

flies

from

Mont-

gome-

ry

Make

me

a

pos-

ter

Of

an

old

ro-

de-

o

Just

give

me

one

thing

That

I

can

hold

on

to

To

be-

lieve

in

this

li-

vin'

Is

just

a

hard

way

to

go

When

I

was

a

young

girl

I

had

me

a

cow-

boy

He

weren't

much

to

look

at

Just

a

free

ram-

blin'

man

That

was

a

long

time

And

no

mat-

ter

how

I

tried

The

years

just

flow

by

Like

a

bro-

ken

down

dam

Make

me

an

an-

gel

That

flies

from

Mont-

gome-

ry

Make

me

a

pos-

ter

Of

an

old

ro-

de-

o

Just

give

me

one

thing

That

I

can

hold

on

to

To

be-

lieve

in

this

li-

vin'

Is

just

a

hard

way

to

go

There's

flies

in

the

kit-

chen

I

can

hear

all

their

buzzin'

And

I

ain't

done

no-

thing

Since

I

woke

up

to-

day

How

the

hell

can

a

per-

son

Go

to

work

in

the

mor-

ning

Come

home

in

the

eve-

ning

And

have

no-

thing

to

say

Make

me

an

an-

gel

That

flies

from

Mont-

gome-

ry

Make

me

a

pos-

ter

Of

an

old

ro-

de-

o

Just

give

me

one

thing

That

I

can

hold

on

to

To

be-

lieve

in

this

li-

vin'

Is

just

a

hard

way

to

go

To

be-

lieve

in

this

li-

vin'

Is

just

a

hard

way

to

go