Sorrowful Angels Lyrics - Patty Loveless

She loved him most when his eyes were gray 

The palest shade of a winter day 

They filled her with a raging fire 

And a bittersweet desire 

She shined for him like candlelight 

That softly beckons in the night 

But he said no right to her face 

Then simply turned and walked away 

All Heaven watched from way on high 

True love given and denied 

And while her heart was broke and bleeding 

Sorrowful angels wept into their wings 

She wore him like a lock and chain 

Only in dreams she spoke his name 

By day it slipped upon her tongue 

The taste of unrequited love 

Now her hair is long and gray 

The palest shade of a winter day 

She never took a ring of gold 

She swears she never loved a soul 

All Heaven watched from way on high 

True love given and denied 

And while her heart was broke and bleeding 

Sorrowful angels wept into their wings 

Sorrowful angels wept into their wings 

She loved him most when his eyes were gray