my angel lost her wings
lyrics by Penelope Houston/ music by P. Houston and Pat Johnson


a thousand days and then I did it
spoke the words that filled your lungs with dread
I spoke them as you thought them
we watched our little shipwreck sink like lead
now I watch you treading water
drunken spiral stumbling towards the dawn
I smile from my safe haven
now another thousand days has come and gone, come and gone

a thousand days was all it took
to realize you had to look
to find yourself reflected in a pair of eyes
and every twisting city street
would whisper of the self you'd meet
and now I know my heart could never satisfy

so call me on my gross misjudgment
tried to help you find a love you'd lost
you're far too sentimental
to tell you of the thousand loves I'd tossed
it's strange to think that I still love you
but I can only give my words away
my heart won't make the same mistake
and throw away another thousand days, thousand days

a thousand days was all it took
to realize you had to look
to find yourself reflected in a pair of eyes
and every twisting city street
would whisper of the self you'd meet
my temporary heart could never satisfy

my angel lost her wings the first day out
my angel lost her wings the first day out...

From the tongue CD

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