Song Description
A woman laments being trapped in a dead-end marriage and longs to escape it.
| Song Length |
4:53 |
Genre |
Folk - Country |
| Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Mood |
Poignant |
Subject |
Frustration |
| Similar Artists |
Bonnie Raitt, Susan Tedeschi |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1970 - 1979 |
| |
Lyrics
V1
I am an old woman named after my mother.
My old man is another child that's grown old.
If dreams were thunder and lightning desire
This old house would have burned down a long time ago.
Refrain
Make me and 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.
V2
When I was a young girl I had me a cowboy.
Wasn't much to look at, just a free, ramblin' man.
But that was a long time and no matter how I try
Those years just flow by like a broken down dam.
Repeat Refrain
V3
There's flies in the kitchen. I can hear 'em buzzing.
And I ain't done nothing since I woke up today.
How in the hell can a person go to work in the morning
Come home in the evening and have nothing to say?
Repeat Refrain with tag.