Infamous Angel

Everybody's wonderin' what and where they all came from. Everybody's worryin' 'bout where they're gonna go when the whole thing's done. But no one knows for certain and so it's all the same to me. I think I'll just let the mystery be. Some say once y

Twelve-hundred miles, it's length and breadth That four-square city stands It's gem-set walls of jasper shine They're not made by human hands One-hundred miles, it's gates are wide Abundant entrance there With fifty miles of elbow room On either side

Look at you, look at me My heart breaks as I read our sad story Never thought that I'd be Here with you wishing I was free When love was young There was nothing I would not do For the chance to see your face How could I have known back then That toda

There'll be laughter even after you're gone I'll find reasons to face that empty dawn 'Cause I've memorized each line in your face And not even death can ever erase The story they tell to me I'll miss you Oh, how I'll miss you I'll dream of you And I

Last night before I went to sleep my knees dropped to the floor I turned me eyes up to the sky and I prayed "Please help me, Lord, You know I've sowed my wild oats and now the fun's all gone" And then I heard these tender words And I put them in

And you know the sun's settin' fast, And just like they say, nothing good ever lasts. Well, go on now and kiss it goodbye, But hold on to your lover, 'Cause your heart's bound to die. Go on now and say goodbye to our town, to our town. Can't you see