GRETCHEN PETERS - TRUCKSTOP ANGEL
album version - DANCING WITH THE BEAST
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[CHORDS]
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[INTRO]
[VERSE 1]
I meet them in the truckstops, I meet them in the bars
I meet them in the parking lots and I slip into their cars
They come and put their money down, they come and place their bets
I swallow their indifference,but I choke on my regrets
[INTERLUDE]
[VERSE 2]
Sometimes they ask me questions sometimes they treat me nice
You don t know what you ll get until you roll the dice
You re a loser or a winner here, predator or prey
I m still not sure which one I am or how I got this way
[CHORUS]
And it s hard to hear the angels
Over the dieselsâ hum
But I know they re out there singing
And I ll know them when they come
And I ll rise above the neon
Above this trailer park
And fly like a truckstop angel with an arrow through my heart
[INTERLUDE]
[VERSE 3]
There s a big sky up above me there s a wasteland down below
There s a long black snake of highway take you where you wanna go
One day I m gonna leave here, gonna hit my lucky streak
Gonna spread my gorgeous wings and fly above all this concrete
[CHORUS]
And it s hard to hear the angels
Over the dieselsâ hum
But I know they re out there singing
And I ll know them when they come
And I ll rise above the neon
Above this trailer park
And fly like a truckstop angel with an arrow through my heart
[OUTRO]
