Wednesday, April 8, 2020

Poetry Month: #8 Make me an angel by John Prine

John Prine - Make me an angel
Hart Crane once said poetry is like dancing on dynamite.

John Prine's poetry was a controlled explosion straight to our hearts. He will be missed, but he left us with so much. RIP

Here he is singing "Make me an angel."


I am an old woman named after my mother
My old man is another child that's grown old
If dreams were lightning, 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 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 well, I had me a cowboy
He weren't much to look at, just free rambling 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…


Bonnie Raitt - Make me an angel

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