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Artist: Emmylou Harris
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You Wouldn't Know An Angel (If You Saw One)
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You Wouldn't Know An Angel (If You Saw One)
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Because I won't give in to you you don't treat me like you should
You said that I'm too perfect then you tell me I'm no good
But everyone is guilty of sometimes doin' wrong
But even so you wouldn't know an angel if you saw one
No you wouldn't know an angel if you saw one
You won't see any halos on the women found in bars
I may not get to heaven but I'm not the only one
To tell you so you wouldn't know an angel if you saw one
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Now you stand there accusing me of things you always do
And half the things you're telling me are things I never knew
I don't go places you go but that your way of think
If yours is yours you wouldn't knows an angel if you saw one
No you wouldn't know...
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