Angel

Album: We Too Are One (1989)
Charted: 23
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  • Underneath this canopy of snow
    Where fifty-seven winters
    Took their toll
    Where did you go?

    And I believed in you
    I believed in you
    Like Elvis Presley
    Singing psalms on a Sunday
    (Where did you go?)

    Well she's gone to meet her maker
    Back to where she came from
    Come to save her soul
    (Come to save her soul)
    Come to take her home
    'Cause it's late and past
    Your bedtime, well past bedtime

    Angel
    My angel
    Fly over me
    Angel

    Angel
    My angel
    Fly over me
    Angel

    She took her life
    Within her hands
    She took her life
    Within her own two hands
    And no one can tell her
    What to do now

    And I believed in you
    I believed in you
    Like Elvis Presley
    Singin' live from Las Vegas
    (Where did you go?)

    Well she's gone to meet her maker
    Back to where she came from
    Come to save her soul
    (Come to save her soul)
    Come to take her home
    'Cause it's late and past
    Your bedtime, well past bedtime

    Angel
    My angel
    Fly over me
    Angel

    Angel
    My angel
    Fly over me
    Angel

    Close your eyes
    And go to sleep
    Forever in my arms
    I'll keep you safe
    Forever
    I'll keep you safe

    Angel
    My angel
    Fly over me
    Angel

    Angel
    My angel
    Fly over me
    Angel

    Angel
    My angel
    Fly over me
    Angel

    Angel
    My angel
    Fly over me
    Angel

    Angel
    My angel
    Fly over me
    Angel Writer/s: DAVE STEWART, MARIANNE EVE FAITHFUL
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 6

  • Falcon from CaliforniaI remember Annie mentioning in an interview shortly after this song was released as a single that it refers to her aunt, who committed suicide at age 57. Check the lyrics and you'll see that the song refers to a 57 year old woman killing herself, without specifying who it was.
  • Ekristheh from Halath, United StatesIt would help if songfacts would get their video clips straight.
  • Gappie from Groningen, NetherlandsI see some of you guys mix up "Angel" and "There must be an angel (playing with my heart)". Both are completely different songs. "There must be an angel (playing with my heart)" is from 1985 and is with Stevie Wonder indeed. This song is from the album "Be yourself tonight". "Angel" is from 1989 from the album "We too are one".
  • Edward Pearce from Ashford, Kent, EnglandIt was actually on the similarly titled "There Must Be An Angel (Playin' With My Heart)" that Steve Wonder played a harmonica solo.
  • Michael from Cologne, GermanyStevie Wonder played the fantastic harp solo on this.
  • Dave from Cardiff, WalesThis was the Eurythmics last hit in Britain until their 1999 comeback
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