ANGEL

MY SOUL WAS BRITTLE AND WORN
MY CLOTHES WERE A LITTLE TOO   THIN
WHEN YOU FOUND ME ASLEEP
ON YOUR STEP THAT NIGHT
WHY DIDN'T YOU ASK ME TO COME IN?

YOU AWOKE ME TO SEND ME AWAY
TO HUDDLE IN A CORNER OF THE NIGHT
AS I SHIVERED AND WEEPED
DID YOUR CONSCIENCE SLEEP?
YES JUST AS LONG AS I WAS
OUT OF YOUR SIGHT

DO YOU KNOW THAT WAS MY
LONLIEST HOUR?
AS THE COLD CRAWLED INTO MY BONES
IF YOU HAD SEEN ME AGAIN
WOULD YOUR CONSCIENCE HAVE MADE YOU BEND?
  WOULD YOU HAVE TAKEN ME WITH
YOU BACK HOME?

THAT NIGHT WAS JUST TOO COLD
AND MY CLOTHES WERE JUST TOO THIN
AS I BREATHED MY LAST BREATH
AND TOOK THE HAND OF DEATH
YOU WERE IN MY THOUGHTS AGAIN.