Angel

Intro: 
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[Verso 1]
 
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Angel took the cross hanging 'round his neck 
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And pressed it against his lips 
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He's batting over .500 this year 
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And there's talk of scouts making trips 
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There's a girl who just moved in down the street 
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From deeper in the southwest 
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His uncles all warned him about messing with white girls 
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But he always liked them the best 
 


[Refrão]
 
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There's some things you can't outrun 
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It don't matter how far you come 
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Or how well you ran the race 
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You're gonna have to come face to face 
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With the thing that you've always known to be true 
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That you buried inside of you 
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Some fit the mold like a book on the shelf 
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Some are hard wired for something else 
 

Interlude: 
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[Verso 2]
 
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Chocolate and vanilla swirls, there's gonna be a little girl 
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And nothing anyone can say 
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Could stop her from taking your name in the backyard that day 
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But in a six-month deployment 
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An awful lot can change in you 
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She gets quiet, the distance cuts you in two 
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When you came home with cold blood to a dream that came true 
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Man, you fed the wrong fire 
Put 'em in the rear view 
 


[Refrão]
 
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There's some things you can't outrun 
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It don't matter how far you come 
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Or how well you ran the race 
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You're gonna have to come face to face 
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With the thing that you've always known to be true 
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That you buried inside of you 
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Some fit the mold like a book on the shelf 
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Some are hard wired for something else 
 

Interlude: 
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[Ponte]
 
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Angel's little cousin moves black tar and speed from Tucson up to Salt Lake 
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It pays a whole lot more than the Navy  


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[Verso 3]
 
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Night fell on blood cousins north of the hills 
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Where greasewood and lavender bloom 
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It rested on the fields like a memory of their mothers' perfume 
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      They kept it in the tires 
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Ten and two on the wheel 
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Discrete,  Angel sat with the .45 under the seat 
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Sirens and lights rose like a ghost from the street 
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And when they slowed on the shoulder 
Angel prayed with his feet 
 


[Refrão]
 
C                    G 
There's some things you can't outrun 
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It don't matter how far you come 
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Or how well you ran the race 
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You're gonna have to come face to face 
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With the thing that you've always known to be true 
D               | Em      D | 
That you buried inside of you 
C                         G 
Some fit the mold like a book on the shelf 
D                            C 
Some are hard wired for something else 
 

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