Leslie Spit Treeo - Angel From Montgomery

1990's "Don't Cry Too Hard"

I am an old woman named after my mother
My old man is another child thats grown old
If dreams were lightning thunder was desire
This old house would have burnt down a long time ago

Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery
Make me a poster of an old rodeo
Just give me one thing that I can hold on to
To believe in this living is just a hard way to go

When I was a young girl well, I had me a cowboy
He weren't much to look at, just free rambling man
But that was a long time and no matter how I try
The years just flow by like a broken down dam.

Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery
Make me a poster of an old rodeo
Just give me one thing that I can hold on to
To believe in this living is just a hard way to go

There's flies in the kitchen I can hear em there buzzing
And I ain't done nothing since I woke up today.
How the hell can a person go to work in the morning
And come home in the evening and have nothing to say

Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery
Make me a poster of an old rodeo
Just give me one thing that I can hold on to
To believe in this living is just a hard way to go
Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery
Make me a poster of an old rodeo
Just give me one thing that I can hold on to
To believe in this living is just a hard way to go
To believe in this living is just a hard way to go

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• Leslie
• Spit
• Treeo
• Angel
• From
• Montgomery
• Don't
• Cry
• Too
• Hard
• John
• Prine
• Canada
• Canadian

[scratch01]

It's great to hear this version after so many years!

[VelcroBanana]

One of many great bands I saw at the Horseshoe (Toronto) back in the day. I even remember Tag the dog.

[ForeverLouLou]

ew. this version sucks :/



[sudburylawyer]

this is not on itunes :(



[lakefield2112]

holy flashback - haven't heard this in 20 years

where does the time go

we had some damn fine times at the horeshoe didn't we

[hardon70]

Her voice makes me think of that of Janis Joplin in her younger days.

[flubadubbin]

@VelcroBanana

is the horseshoe still there?

Good memories all around...one time I saw them there the lead singer's mother was in the audience...remember it like yesterday...

Cheers

[fergusite]

saw them at the Commercial Tavern in Maryhill many times, and they were absolutely amazing!

[guyfidelity]

@johnnydelbravo Ahhh gotcha, my bad

[johnnydelbravo]

@guyfidelity Yep - I do know that. But we were talking about their dog (he's on the album cover)



[guyfidelity]

@johnnydelbravo Just to clarify they are named after the Leslie Spit in the east end of the Toronto harbor.

[johnnydelbravo]

@VelcroBanana I wonder if they got that name from the old Buster Brown shoe commercials:

Here's Buster Brown

He lives in a shoe

Here's his dog "Tag"

He lives in there too