Apr 02 2008

Angel from Montgomery

I never learned to love Montgomery, but I loved people I knew there.  

There was a dark-haired beauty whose fighter pilot husband had been taken by the horror in Vietnam, a frightened single-mother completely lost in this world.  I could never reach her, but I loved her.

We weren’t teenagers but we danced to this tune…and it has always reminded me of her.

There was a rich man’s daughter, a blonde butterfly trailing stardust as she flittered ’round the town.  She was easy and free, and a better person than I thought she was.  I liked being with her, but she could never reach me.  But I loved her too.  She once took me down the seven bridges road.

Then there was the leggy activist with a brilliant mind and a heart of gold.  Somehow we didn’t quite work out, our stars were crossed you might say…but she touched me deeply and I’ve never stopped thinking of her every now and again.  Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery.

And now a bonus video just ’cause I like it, a little ditty written back in the day by the Kinks’ Ray Davies and sung here by Don Dilego.

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    • OPOL on April 2, 2008 at 02:35
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    • kj on April 2, 2008 at 02:58
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    this is beautiful, OPOL.  ðŸ™‚

    “Seven Bridges Road” is one of my all time, all time, favorites.  thanks.  

  4. lyrical. beautiful.

    love. all of it. every aspect of it. it is… isn’t it?

  5. I haven’t seen her for 20 years. I dreamt of her again just last night. I hope she’s doing well.

    • kj on April 2, 2008 at 03:09
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    i’ll bet someone is thinking this about you right now…  ðŸ˜‰

    Dusty Springfield sings “Tupelo Honey”

    • kj on April 2, 2008 at 03:27
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    here’s JOHN HIATT singing “Real Fine Love”  the song feels a little bit personal, as, like John, I pretty much “stole out of Indiana in the back of a pickup truck.”  ðŸ™‚

  8. Many times I’ve often prayed…

    • Mu on April 2, 2008 at 07:10
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    Used to do “Angel from Montgomery”, back when they

    played at Egan’s, in T-town.  Good times . . .

    Mu . . .

    • RiaD on April 3, 2008 at 05:03
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    this was like heaven…

    thank you

  12. to you OPOL. Perhaps it’s the wrong genre for here but it’s long been a favorite of mine.

    Unable to embed but here’s the link:

    http://tinyurl.com/ytjowf

  13. Maybe your best ever.

    And one of my favorite songs sung by Bonnie Raitt.

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