The Secret Angel Lyrics - John Wesley Harding

The secret angel fell from grace 

Condemned to wear a human face 

Evicted from her paradise 

Excommunicated twice 

Settled for second best 

And so she found me 

Don't ask the nature of her crime 

Don't ask her why she's serving time 

Don't ask this girl why she can't cry 

Don't ask her questions that start "why" 

I'm trying to help her start anew 

To learn to walk when once she flew 

Above the ups and downs 

That floor and ground us 

Into the dark, she was reborn 

She says tonight will have no dawn 

And all the light drains from her eyes 

As she forgets to say goodbye 

To one more memory 

That tries to lift her high 

She drafts new plans and draws designs 

To find a way for her to fly 

I hide them when her back is turned 

The secret angel never learns 

She just gets burned again 

And falls eternally....