[Verse 1: Bonnie Raitt]
I am an old woman, named after my mother
My old man is another child that's grown old
If dreams were thunder, lightning was desire
This old house would've burnt down a long time ago

[Chorus: Bonnie Raitt]
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 livin' is just a hard way to go

[Verse 2: John Prine]
When I was a young girl, I had me a cowboy
He weren't much to look at, just a free ramblin' man
But that was a long time and no matter how I tried
The years just flowed by like a broken down dam

[Chorus: John Prine & Bonnie Raitt]
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 livin' is just a hard way to go

[Verse 3: John Prine & Bonnie Raitt]
There's flies in the kitchen, I can hear 'em there buzzin'
And I ain't done nothin' since I woke up today
How the hell can a person go to work in the morning
Come home in the evening and have nothing to say?
[Chorus: John Prine & Bonnie Raitt]
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 livin' is just a hard way to go
To believe in this livin' is just a hard way to go