I kept an angel
in a box beneath my bed
little beast had broke her jaw

and I tried to fix her head
they said I had to put her back
that I had to put her back exactly where I found her

but I know, I saw
that she was doing good until the cat got her


I came to write a letter
but my pen was full of hymns
I came to drown a sorrow

it seems they've learned to swim
mouth full of pins, heart pumping gasoline,
it's late, I'm still at the sewing machine

stiching up strays fifteen years,
but this one's mean


I fixed you up
when they said you were past repair
and I stitched you up

I thread a needle with my hair
and I fixed you up
when you were still a common sparrow

but look who's on the shoulder now
when the road goes narrow


I kept an angel
in a box beneath my bed
little (*##$ had broke her jaw

and I tried to fix her head
they said I had to put her back
that I had to put her back exactly where I found her

but I know, I saw
that she was doing good until the cat got her


well I'm putting you
out of my misery,
we ain't got much, but

we've got history
it was a mercy kill, nah
it was a suicide, nah

it was an accident, nah
well atleast I tried


with soft dugs and a seam ripper
tough love and tape measure
stitching up boys is different that way

you fix a bird, you buy a cage
you fix a man and
you fix a man and

and he flies away

when I ran out of thread I couldn't let go

but that's not sewing that's
that's just poking holes
and it's a strange breed

a different kind of creature looks for love
through the eye of a needle
but the creed of the seamstress is

that you're pretty in pieces

I kept an angel

in a box beneath my bed
little beast had broke her jaw
and I tried to fix her head

they said I had to put her back
that I had to put her back exactly where I found her
but I know, I saw

that she was doing good until the cat got her

take a seat

and let me get a look at your face
busted, back's been broke for days
not much, little something for the pain

don't fuss or I'll never get a seam to lay straight
I keep it clean as I can with just
just the machine and a mattress plus
I never did need for a pattern
just some good restraints and my bedside manner


when I ran out of thread I couldn't let go
but that's not sewing that's
that's just poking holes
when I ran out of thread I couldn't let go

but that's not sewing that's
that's just poking holes