Written by Mark Linkous and Susanna Hoffs

LYRICS
There once was a very old man
Who had enormous wings
There once was a very old man
Who had enormous wings
They say he saw the world
Through the eyes of a blue dog
There once was a man
Who had enormous wings
It was sad
The rain had knocked him down
People came to see from all around
He was lying there
He was lying there
His dreams are forever
Entangled in the mud
He’s an angel
Tangled in the mud
Every soul you meet
May be a stranger
He’s an angel
He must be coming for the children
It was sad
The rain had knocked him down
People came to see from all around
He was lying there
And though he’d like to sleep
The stars fall to the earth in heaps
And he’s got tears in his eyes
‘Cause the town is filled with so many spies
They all avert their eyes
The rain had knocked him down
People came to see from all around
He was lying there
It was sad
The rain had knocked him down
He was lying there
They say he saw the world
Through the eyes of a blue dog
He’s an angel
Who had enormous wings
There once was a very old man
Who had enormous wings

CREDITS
Susanna Hoffs: Voice, guitar, cassette recorder
Mike Urbano: Drums
Jason Falkner: Percussion, bass, guitar, organ
David Faragher: Bass, voice
Mark Linkous: Guitar, banjo
Greg Leisz: Guitar

PRODUCTION
Produced by Matt Wallace and Jack Joseph Puig
Engineered by Matt Wallace, Jack Joseph Puig,
Jim Champagne, Clif Norell and Paul DuGre
Assistant engineers: Tom Nellen, Noel Hazen and John Paterno
Mixed by Jack Joseph Puig

RELEASES
Susanna Hoffs: Susanna Hoffs