Verse
D# G#/D# D#
I step outside and make my way on from Carolina
D# G#/D# D#
Any way the weather blows, home is where I find you
D# G#/D#
With the ache inside to ride the mighty wind and nothing more
G#/D# A# D#
Oh, I just wanna see you there, sleeping on my floor
[Verse 2]
D# G#/D# D#
I don't really like you, I just wanna kiss you
D# G#/D# D#
I don't know how to love you, but somedays I miss you
D# G#/D#
Oh, I just wanna see you there, sleeping on my floor
G#/D# A# D#
With the ache inside to ride the mighty wind and nothing more
[Chorus]
Cm D#
I'm calling on angels now
Cm D#
I want them to set me free
Cm G# D# G#
I hope that they're real, cause sometimes it feels
D# A# D#
Like nobody's listening
[Verse 3]
D# G#/D# D#
When I was only twelve years old, my parents went a-walking
D# G#/D# D#
I hate those wicked words they'd say when they started talking
D# G#/D#
He was headed for the open road, she turned and slammed the door
G#/D# A# D#
Learning love ain't easy child, when all you see is war
[Chorus]
Cm D#
I'm calling on angels now
Cm D#
I want them to set me free
Cm G# D# G#
I hope that they're real, cause sometimes it feels
D# A# G#maj7 D#
Like nobody's listening
[Bridge]
G# Cm
And the moon and the sun and the stars shine bright and high
G# D#
And I can't help but wonder the way that the world goes by
G# A# D#
I hope that they're real, and I hope they can hear me cry
[Verse 4]
D# G#/D# D#
Pulling all the fences down and pushing on the levies
D# G#/D# D#
This water's getting high again; these hands are getting heavy
D# G#/D#
And we are all just hypocrites lying for a shore
G#/D# A# D#
With the ache inside to ride the mighty wind and nothing more
[Verse 5]
D# G#/D# D#
She came and shook me tenderly one night when I was drinking
D# G#/D# D#
The alcohol was quick as sand and took me down to sinking
D# G#/D#
The sinking took me praying and I fell upon the floor
G#/D# A# D#
I said I'm waiting for my time to go, please tell it to me, lord
[Chorus]
Cm D#
I'm calling on angels now
Cm D#
I want them to set me free
Cm G# D# G#
I hope that they're real, cause sometimes it feels
D# A# G#maj7 D#
Like nobody's listening
[Outro]
G# Cm
And the moon and the sun and the stars shine bright and high
G# D#
And I can't help but wonder the way that the world goes by
G# A# D#
I hope that they're real, and I hope they can hear me cry
G# A# D#
I'm not sure if they're real, but I'll wait for them 'till I die