[verse] It was a love made in heaven But it soon turned to hell Cause the harder that she held him The farther apart they fell And all she ever wanted Was to be the one to fly; To be a woman to the world And an angel in his eyes [verse] Well, it got so hard to hold him When he would just turn away And by the end she didn't know him But she could not bring herself to say That she'd wasted all those lonely years On a man who had done her so wrong But today his eyes were opened When he found that she was gone [CHORUS] 'Cause today she finally realized That she couldn't live on dreams No matter what the past might hold Or what the future brings 'Cause now that the truth's wide open For today, she's finally seen And I think this angel's finally earned her wings [verse] Well, the phone number on the napkin And the lipstick on his shirt And the photograph of a woman In his pocket just made things worse And with teardrops in her eyes She packed her clothes with care, She opened up the front door And she took to the air. [CHORUS] 'Cause today she finally realized That she couldn't live on dreams No matter what the past might hold Or what the future brings 'Cause now that the truth's wide open For today, she's finally seen And I think this angel's finally earned her wings [bridge] Maybe he should have been a better man Maybe hell was there all the time Maybe she just finally got too tired In any case, she is now free to fly [CHORUS] 'Cause today she finally realized That she couldn't live on dreams No matter what the past might hold Or what the future brings 'Cause now that the truth's wide open For today, she's finally seen And I think this angel's finally earned her wings
