Waltzing With The Angels Lyrics - Nanci Griffith

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 puts 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