Lyrics

The first one that I knew about was not the first they say
She was a little girl from Burbank or somewhere near LA
The next one was in Houston about a mile down the road
She may not have been the first but I was not the last to know

Mama said he couldn?t help himself though that seemed just what he did
She said ?Never question daddy, you?re just a kid?

And he ain?t half the man he ought to be
but he keeps trying every day.
It?s just those fallen angels
Keep getting in his way

My brother, John, was older, eight years old when I was born
I used to watch him in the choir singing every Sunday morn?
At seventeen he stole a car, had his girlfriend at his side
They say she brought a change he couldn?t stop, but I couldn?t say he tried

He killed a man in Washington when he caught him with his wife
I?d say she wasn?t worth it but Johnny?s doing life

And He ain?t half the man he ought to be
But he keeps trying every day
It?s just those fallen angels
Keep getting in his way

I found my love six years ago sailing up on Chesapeake Bay
And I walked her down the aisle before she got away
Now the years have passed and passion has turned into comfortable
And I met a little girl last night up at Eddie?s Bar and Grille

Now I?m driving up the bypass thinking about my brother John
Thinking bout? my daddy and my wife wondering where our lives have gone
But tonight this car is headed back to Eddie?s bar and grille
I keep thinking I could stop it but I can?t say that I will
I guess I?m not half the man I want to be
But I keep trying every day
It?s just this fallen angel
getting in my way

No, I?m not half the man I want to be
And I?ll tell myself today
It?s just this fallen angel
That?s getting in my way