F          Fm               C
I guess I'll never know my father,
F            Fm                C
My memory don't go back that far
F         Fm                          C
They just put me on a train bound for somewhere
    G                      F                    Fm
And all these years later a lump comes to my heart

C         E                F  Fm
I met her once at Waterloo Station
C         E                F  Fm     
Said I reminded her of him
C         E                               F  Fm
I spoke to my sister then and sang to the nation
C         E                        F  Fm
Well I guess I just lost track of the years

C    G    F      Fm
Even angels have bad days
C               G                      F      Fm
And if you're alone you never really are
C               G              F      Fm
Just know had circumstances been different
C          G           F      Fm
I would be with you, love mama

C         E                F  Fm
I found her number in the library
C         E                F  Fm
I must have dialed it a thousand times
C         E                F  Fm
But I still get the same answer
C         E                F  
The old lady who lived here, she disappeared
   Fm
Maybe she died

C    G    F      Fm
Even angels have bad days
C               G                      F      Fm
And if you're alone you never really are
C               G              F      Fm
Just know had circumstances been different
C          G           F      Fm
I would be with you, love mama

C         E                            F  Fm
She said she had a brother in Virginia Waters
C         E                F  Fm
He played the fiddle on the side
C         E                                F  Fm
She said maybe that's where you get your music (uh huh)
C         E                        F  Fm
But that's also where the trail just died


C    G    F      Fm
Even angels have bad days
C               G                      F      Fm
And if you're alone you never really are
C               G              F      Fm
Just know had circumstances been different
C          G           F      Fm
I would be with you, love mama

C         E              F                Fm
So if you hear this Jean Russel, or Jimmy Palace?
C         E                    F  Fm
Just know I'm out here doing fine
C         E                    F  Fm
And maybe if the moment finds you
C         E                    F  Fm
You could always come my way or drop me a line


C    G    F      Fm
Even angels have bad days
C               G                      F      Fm
And if you're alone you never really are
C               G              F      Fm
Just know had circumstances been different
C          G           F      Fm
I would be with you, love mama