Hall of Angels

Album: Closer To The Bone (2009)
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  • We stayed at the barroom till closing
    I held down a place at his side
    And drank to the memory that crushed him
    A lady who'd loved him and died

    He purely could not find a reason
    To get it back up and go on
    Then out of the dark came a stranger
    Who turned us around with a song

    He said: I know the pain that youi're feeling
    I had a sweet little girl
    And I loved her more than her mother
    Or anything else in the world

    And sure as I loved her I lost her
    Sure as I wanted to die
    Then I had a dream or a vision
    Of wonder that opened my eyes

    I dreamed of a young band of angels
    That shone like the stars from above
    'Cos each had a bright bruning candle
    Except for the angel I loved

    And I asked why their candles were burning
    And why that hers wasn't the same
    She said: Oh, Daddy, each time that I try to light it
    Your tears just keep drowning the flame

    We stared at the stranger in silence
    His spirit was truly alive
    If life had made his eyes glisten
    The diamond was bright in his eye

    'Cos everyone who ever loved him
    Though fortune had torn them apart
    Will live in the Hall of the Angels
    As long as the love in his heart

    Oh they'll live in the Hall of The Angels
    As long as the love in your heart Writer/s: KRISTOFFER KRISTOFFERSON
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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