Interpret:

Kris Kristofferson

Album:

Closer To The Bone

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