Nanci Griffith - Waltzing With The Angels lyrics

She's just a hill country girl
Home from the city
Her pocket's full of plenty
Of those neon lights
And her mother's smile shines
On her youngest child
Though she is just a barroom singer
With her father's eyes

The city streets are harder understandin'
It would be easy for the devil to pass by
But she can close her eyes and dream about
The country boy chain of gold and a lullaby
Because he's waltzin' with the angels tonight

It's a harvest moon when she's
Home to count her blessings
She's saved that love from passing
Though it's now ten years gone by
He is buried in these hills
Folded all around her
It still's a heart of hunger
With his memories inside

The city streets are harder understandin'
It would be easy for the devil to pass by
But she can close her eyes and dream about
The country boy chain of gold and a lullaby
Because he's waltzin' with the angels tonight

In the mornin' she'll move on 'cause
It's April on the wing
It put's feathers on her strings
And her voice will fly
But that necklace of gold
She wears of his protects her soul
From the barroom brawls and
The late night drinkers
When the devil's passin' by

The city streets are harder understandin'
It would be easy for the devil to pass by
But she can close her eyes and dream about
The country boy chain of gold and a lullaby
Because he's waltzin' with the angels tonight

They will be waltzin' with the angels tonight