So my heart did a backflip I guess that's what they'd say I hadn't seen her since high-school graduation I brought my old hopes She brought her fiancée And we shared some inane conversation Just as beautiful Oh, just as charming But Lord, what is this new dimension? She has the dignity Of a life not for me Plans that I needed a wrench in I guess it goes to show Something a young man ought to know That angels are just people, too In my dark ages When I was the earth And my universe spun out around They lined the firmament These angels of mine So pretty, but so far from the ground They're just as beautiful Oh, just as charming But Lord, what is this new dimension? They have the dignity Of a life not for me Plans that I needed a wrench in And I guess it goes to show Something a young man ought to know Angels are just people too And ohhh, when I smashed down the pedestal What a present surprise 'Cause here they all were Just half of the world Only holding through my teenage eyes Just as beautiful Oh, just as charming But Lord, what is this third dimension? Inconceivable That a girl could be more Than a foil for my romantic pretensions So I guess it goes to show Something a young man ought to know Angels are just people too And now I finally know What I should have, long ago Thank God! They're just people, too