The lyrics Spaw posted above are quite good, but here's my transcription of a recording by John Prine himself. Most of the time, I hear the Bonnie Raitt recording, even on John Prine albums.

ANGEL FROM MONTGOMERY
(John Prine)

I am an old woman named after my mother
My old man is another child that's grown old
If dreams were lightning, thunder were desire
This old house would have burnt down a long time ago

CHORUS
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 onto
To believe in this living is just a hard way to go

When I was a young girl, well, I had me a cowboy
He weren't much to look at, just free rambling man
But that was a long time and no matter how I try
The years just flow by like a broken-down dam.
CHORUS

There's flies in the kitchen, I can hear 'em there buzzing
And I ain'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.
CHORUS



Prine studio recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6cagWYTGCY

Prine with Emmylou Harris (1985): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvAaD_N12ms

But I think the best recording is the one by Bonnie Raitt with John Prine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cr3fAZyM80I

Nice recording by Foxes and Fossils: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkjFgO-v1O0