By Cowboy Junkies (Micheal and Margo Timmons)
Submitted by Tanqueray Cowboy
Date: 2001 Dec 30
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Excerpt from 'Angel Mine'

He searched for those wings that he knew
that this angel should have at her back,
and although he can't find them
he really don't mind
because he knows they'll grow back.
And he reached for that halo that he knows
that she had when she first caught his eye.
Although his hand came back empty
he's really not worried
because he knows it still shines.

(I can't promise that I'll grow those wings
or keep this tarnished halo shined
but I'll never betray your trust
Angel mine.)

I search all the time on the ground
for our shadows cast side by side.
Just to remind me that I haven't gone crazy
that you exist and are mine.
And I know that your skin is as warm and as real
as the smile in your eyes.
But I have to keep touching and smelling
And tasting for fear it's all lies.