Backyard Angel
Words & Music © 2005 Anderson Toone country waltz
Am Em (Gbass) Em Dm
My spirit's bent and broken, this wasn't in the cards
Am Em (Gbass) Em Dm
I need some truth to light my way, like an angel in the yard
why did your heart forsake me? goddam it hurts so hard
I need a sign that dawn will break, like an angel in the yard
you got your hooks into me like glass your shattered shards
have splintered all around me, like fallen angels in the yard
BRIDGE
F C G ( all D bass)
I believed in you Fooled by your disguise
F C G Am
You destroyed my life Right before my eyes
my tears have frozen solid, Rain down like falling stars
you loved me just to leave me, like an angel in the yard
that's me there by the fountain all chipped and battle-scarred
an alabaster relic, an angel in the yard
BRIDGE
Backyard Angels IÕm in good company
Backyard Angels your hate liberates me
I should've seen it coming you were always on your guard
since I first fell off my pedestal, fallen angel in the yard
no drink or drug can douse the pain of love still shared but barred
so I'm left for dead with a stone for a head another angel in your yard