Angel lyrics

Artist  : John hiatt 
Song : Angel
 
It is a hurtin’ thing you don’t wanna talk about
it
Pain in your heart well it’s takin’ your breath
away
You left it in lipstick on the mirror no use
talkin’ about it
Love like this just don’t come along every day

Chorus:
Somebody just stop calling you angel
Somebody just let love get up and go downtown
Somebody just stop calling you angel
Angel wings out in the snow and mascara running
down

They called you tookie in high school, you didn’t
mind it too much
Kind of nice to have a nickname, kind of like
they thought about it
You wish that it stuck with you, didn’t have to
trade it in on
Some crazy lover’s pet name, wind up hurtin’ so
much

Chorus

Bridge:
He peeled the skin off of the world and you
stopped breathin’
You drew a breath, he sighed, the air was
freezin’
Two blood-red hearts pumpin’ hard out in the
open
You skinned your knee at kickball
Twenty years ago against all hopin’

Y’all put that hammer down and drove through
love’s angel food cake
Tastin’ every spongy layer and lickin’ frosting
off the moon
Wild-eyed with excitement but childishly
disappointed
Maybe even tasted better when mama let you lick
the spoon

Chorus