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we're all angels

from Hymn to Her by Paul McMahon

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WE'RE ALL ANGELS

IF I DIE BEFORE I REACH THE TARGET THAT I SEEK
I WILL SLIP INTO ETERNITY IT'S NEVER FAR FROM ME
AND WHEN I CROSS OVER TO THE OTHER SIDE
I KNOW THAT I'LL BE STANDING IN THE SAME PLACE WHERE I DIED

JESUS SAID A TREE MUST FALL THE SAME PLACE THAT IT STANDS
WHEN HE SPOKE OF THE TREE YOU KNOW HE REALLY SPOKE OF MAN
DON'T YOU WAIT TIL THE END IS NEAR BEFORE YOU MAKE A START
INSIDE EVERY ONE OF US THERE BEATS A SACRED HEART

WE'RE ALL ANGELS
WE'RE HERE TO SAVE THE WORLD
WE'RE ALL ANGELS
BUT OUR WINGS ARE NOT UNFURLED

RIDING ON AN AIRPLANE IN 1970
WITH MY BEAUTIFUL BLACK GIRLFRIEND
SHE WAS SLEEPING NEXT TO ME
ALL AROUND HER LOVELY FACE THERE SHONE A GOLDEN GLOW
AND IT WAS SHINING ON EVERYONE ELSE INSIDE THAT AIRPLANE DON'T YOU KNOW

WE'RE ALL ANGELS
WE'RE HERE TO SAVE THE WORLD
WE'RE ALL ANGELS
BUT OUR WINGS ARE NOT UNFURLED

LIFE IS LIKE THE OCEAN TIME IS LIKE THE WAVES
IN PERPETUAL MOTION SENDING MEN TO WATERY GRAVES
DON'T YOU WAIT TIL THE END IS NEAR BEFORE YOU MAKE YOUR START

WE'RE ALL ANGELS
WE'RE HERE TO SAVE THE WORLD
WE'RE ALL ANGELS
BUT OUR WINGS ARE NOT UNFURLED

WE'RE ALL ANGELS
WE'RE HERE TO SAVE THE WORLD
WE'RE ALL ANGELS
BUT OUR WINGS ARE NOT UNFURLED

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from Hymn to Her, released February 14, 2012

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Paul McMahon Woodstock, New York

From a musical family he explored folk, jug, blues and rock quitting music at 20 for art, returning as a punk rocker at 27. Then a long oddysey, solo and band in search of the real real deal; the songs becoming a diary of psychological and spiritual experience; shamanism and ordination as an Interfaith minister.
January 2020 tour of DC Ba Ph & Bk was his first at 69 organized by Goodflavor45
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