Written by John Prine

LYRICS
I am an old woman named after my mother
My old man has another child that’s grown old
If dreams were thunder, lightning was 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, had me a cowboy
Wasn’t much to look at, just a free rambling man
But that was a long time, no matter how I try
The years they roll 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, that’s right
There’s flies in the kitchen, I can hear ’em there buzzing
And I haven’t done nothing since I woke up today
How the hell can a person go to work in the morning
And come home in the evening and have nothing to say?
Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery
Make me a poster of an old rodeo
And won’t you just give me one thing that I can hold on to?
To believe in this living is just a hard way to go
You know that to believe in this living is just a hard way to go
I said that to believe in this living is just a hard way to go

CREDITS
Mark Linkous: Electric and acoustic guitars, voice
Bob Bortnick: Voice, guitar
Don Short: Drums
Mike Garacino: Bass
Denny Fongheiser: Drums, percussion
Al Perkins: Pedal steel
Honey West: Voice
Jeff Daniel: Keyboards
Chris Cacavas: Keyboards
Dave Woodford: Saxes
Doug Atwell: Fiddle

PRODUCTION
Recorded at Rumbo Recorders
Produced by Greg Edwards
Engineered by Stan Katayama
Assisted by Gina Immel
Mixed by Greg Edward and Jim Dineen at Grey Room
Mastered by Stephen Marcussen at Precision Mastering

RELEASES
Dancing Hoods: Hallelujah Anyway CD
Dancing Hoods: Hallelujah Anyway Casette

Note: Credits refer to album not song…