This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
Heavenly Father, can you hear me now?
I've been praying for answers as you're looking down
I know you see, through my eyes
But the pain runs deep and it's getting hard to try
To try and fight through this despair
I beg and I plead, but it feels like you're not there
To help me fight when I've lost my way
Please save me to live another day
Send Me An Angel to guard my path
Send me your love on my behalf
Give me the choice to forgive and forget
Cause it's hard to love myself when there's nothing but regret
Send Me An Angel
Oohhh
Send Me An Angel
Heavenly Father, I need you now
Please stop the storm and calm it down
So I can see through the clear blue sky
Give me the chance, the chance to try
To try and fight through this despair
I beg and I plead, but it feels like you're not there
To help me fight when I've lost my way
Please save me to live another day
Send Me An Angel to guard my path
Send me your love on my behalf
Give me the choice to forgive and forget
Cause it's hard to love myself when there's nothing but regret
Send Me An Angel
Oohhh
Send Me An Angel
Send Me An Angel
Oohhh
Send Me An Angel
I've been praying for answers as you're looking down
I know you see, through my eyes
But the pain runs deep and it's getting hard to try
To try and fight through this despair
I beg and I plead, but it feels like you're not there
To help me fight when I've lost my way
Please save me to live another day
Send Me An Angel to guard my path
Send me your love on my behalf
Give me the choice to forgive and forget
Cause it's hard to love myself when there's nothing but regret
Send Me An Angel
Oohhh
Send Me An Angel
Heavenly Father, I need you now
Please stop the storm and calm it down
So I can see through the clear blue sky
Give me the chance, the chance to try
To try and fight through this despair
I beg and I plead, but it feels like you're not there
To help me fight when I've lost my way
Please save me to live another day
Send Me An Angel to guard my path
Send me your love on my behalf
Give me the choice to forgive and forget
Cause it's hard to love myself when there's nothing but regret
Send Me An Angel
Oohhh
Send Me An Angel
Send Me An Angel
Oohhh
Send Me An Angel
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
Send Me An Angel Part One Lyrics as written by America Alva
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