Dark Angels
--words and music by Michael Stanley

By dawn we'd finally made the island
And burnt the ship down to the sand
Seemed as good a place as any
For us to make our stand ...
And I believe that it was Faulkner
Who said the past is never dead
And in fact he said it's never past
I think that's what I read ... 

	Dark angels, movin' cross the water
	Dark angels, bound to have their way
	And I'm standing on this shore
	All I've got are cowboy chords
	To try and keep the dark angels away ... 

Even with the best intentions
When all was said and done
Just two more star-crossed lovers
About to come undone
And worlds change in a moment
And time's a fleeting thing
And the moment well it rarely holds
And songs don't always ring ... 

	Dark angels, movin' cross the water
	Dark angels, bound to have their way
	And I'm standing on this shore
	All I've got are cowboy chords
	To try and keep the dark angels away ... 

		And all I want are reasons but all I've got
		are rhymes
		And the changing of the seasons and the
		rolling of the time ...

And you can pledge alliegence
to whatever you hold dear
And try and keep the home fires burning
When the gale force draws near
And give in not ye to temptation
The good book said if I recall
But there ain't nothing tempting
round here now
Ain't much round here at all ... 

	Dark angels, movin' cross the water
	Dark angels, bound to have their way
	I'm standing on this shore
	All I've got are cowboy chords
	To try and keep the dark angels away ... 

	And I'm standing on this shore
	All I've got are cowboy chords
	To try and keep the dark angels away ...