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Angels

International caller on my line;
Tomorrow's just another distance.
Put in a call to a friend of mine
Just to say hello
But
What if there were angels?
Oh, sometimes i swear that I can see them there:
Making jokes and wearing black
And speaking English just like me;
Bright and kind and young and good,
So come on, you,
I know that we could still be that way.
What do you say?
It's two a.m. and I'm feeling fine,
Staying up late with these men of mine.
I've seen the angels and the things they do and every one
Just makes me think of you.
So come on.
Making jokes and wearing black
And wearing black and wearing black
And they're right and good and wearing black
And just like you
And
Always on my mind.
Just the whole time.
Angels
I can see them.
Here they come now.
There's thousands of them.
They're bearing you up.
They're holding you up.
I want to hold you in my arms.

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Pat Says

The Butcher Says..

Written on the morning that news broke about Reagan's bombing of Tripoli.

This is still one of my favourites. I wrote it in 1986 (the day they bombed Tripoli, in fact) about things that would only come to pass three years later. Or something. Oh God, I never make any sense when I start to talk about this tune. The lyrics just showed up, like automatic writing or something. I love it anyway, and I hope you love it too. Source: Unconditional liner notes

Live Stats

114 documented performances (click to explore)

1985	1 (JBC)
1986	7 (JBC)
1987	23 1 (Pat Solo) 22 (JBC)
1988	9 (JBC)
1989	15 5 (Pat Solo) 10 (JBC)
1990	7 (JBC)
1991	3 (JBC)
1992	19 (JBC)
1993	8 4 (Pat Solo) 4 (JBC)
1994	3 (JBC)
1995	1 (JBC)
1997	2 (JBC)
1998	1 (JBC)
1999	7 1 (Pat Solo) 6 (JBC)
2005	1 (Pat Solo)
2009	2 (JBC)
2011	1 (Pat Solo)
2020	1 (Pat Solo)
2021	1 (Pat Solo) 2 (Tribute)