{VERSE} [E A E A] I am an old (man) named after my (father). [E A B E] My old man is another child that’s grown old. [E A E A] If dreams were lightning and thunder were desire E A B E this old house would’ve burnt down a long time ago.

{CHORUS} [E D A E] Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery. [E D A E] Make me a poster of an old rodeo. [E D A E] Just give me one thing that I can hold on to. [E D A E ] To believe in this living is just a hard way to go.

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{VERSE} [E A E A] When I was a young (boy) I had me a (cowgirl), [E A B E] He wa’rn’t much to look at, just a free ramblin’ (woman). [E A E A] But that was a long time, and no matter how I try, [E A B E] the years just flow by like a broken-down dam.

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{VERSE} [E A E A] There’s flies in the kitchen, I can hear all their buzzin’ [E A B E] but I ain’t done nothin’ since I woke up today. [E A E A] But how the hell can a person go to work in the morning [E A B E] come home in the evenin’ and have nothin’ to say?

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[E D A E] To believe in this living is just a hard way to go.