Pretty wings get nervous when the shadows grow long On the banks of this lake, the storm will come When that wind shuffles in, one more time then she's gone This was already spelled in the stars She'd turn a cheek like Jesus Forgive him just like St Paul She needs a city of angels To fly away from it all Early on she knew it, knew it, something ya was clearly amiss He did his talking with an elevated volume ya and sometimes a fist With a fire in his eyes, he couldn't resist And this was already spelled in the scars She'd turn a cheek like Jesus Forgive him just like St Paul She needs a city of angels To fly away from it all He was always swinging it side to side Hope on a string just caught her eye She didn't know she was hypnotized He'd always cut and then cauterize He caught her eyes And warning bells called out and cut a crack through the air It echoed like the bells neath the steeples of the churches Ya, but she couldn't hear She'd turn a cheek like Jesus Forgive him just like St Paul She needs a city of angels To fly away from it all He thinks he's just like Jesus A prophet in his own town But he'll take the silver, twist the nail Kick the dog and cheat and steal Broken honor up for sale King of this town Ya, he ain't wearing no crown Ya, he ain't wearing no crown He'd always say vile things Wouldn't let her have nice things He thought he had clipped her wings Now she cut that string She's a bird set free She's a bird set free On a prayer and a wing It's time to sing She'd turn a cheek like Jesus Forgive him just like St Paul She found a city of angels And got away from it all