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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Bonnie Raitt
Vocals
David Lasley
Background Vocals
Lou Courtney
Background Vocals
Jeff Mironov
Guitar
Bob Babbitt
Electric Bass Guitar
Charlie Brown
Guitar
Leon Pendarvis
Keyboards
Steve Gadd
Drums
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
John Prine
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Jerry Ragovoy
Producer
Blaise Castellano
Mixing Engineer
Bruce Tergesen
Engineer
Lyrics
I am an old woman
Named after my mother
My old man is another
Child that's grown old
If dreams were thunder
And lightnin' was desire
This old house would've burnt down
At 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 livin'
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
And no matter how I tried
Those 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 livin'
Is just a hard way to go
There's flies in the kitchen
I can hear 'em they're buzzin'
And I ain't done nothin' since I woke up today
How the hell can a person
Go to work in the mornin'
And 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 livin'
Is just a hard way to go
To believe in this livin'
Is just a hard way to go
Writer(s): John Prine
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