Angel

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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)
 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
 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)
 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
 

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Duration
03:18
Key
7
Tempo
117 BPM

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