My name is Angel Montgomery
I was born in Pennsylvania
I was raised in Seoul, Korea
My father was in the Army
My mother hated conflict
My mother loved to cook
My brother died real early
And she cooked for all his friends
I refuse to go out dying
And I’ll keep waking to each sunrise
I don’t believe in purity or sin
I believe there are so many ways to win
The day that I left high school
My father pulled me aside
Told me all the things that I could fear
And how the whole damn world’s so cruel inside
And he took another sip of bourbon
And he went out with his friends
Lost a nasty bar fight
And my mother cooked again
And I refuse to go out dying
And I’ll keep waking to each sunrise
I don’t believe in purity or sin
I believe there are so many ways to win
My name is Angel Montgomery
I’m trying to change the odds
I was born in Pennsylvania
My son was born in Oregon
And I do all the cooking
My wife, she don’t cook at all
We both work hard as teachers
And we catch him when he falls
I refuse to go out dying
And I’ll keep waking to each sunrise
Sherry holds me oh so tightly,
through purity or sin
I believe there are so many ways to win
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