its amazing how far music can come.. 24 years after it released and its one of the most heartfelt songs ive heard
She never mentions the word addiction
In certain company
Yes, she'll tell you she's an orphan
After you meet her family
She paints her eyes as black as night now
Pulls those shades down tight
Yeah, she gives a smile when the pain comes
The pain gonna make everything alright
Says she talks to angels
They call her out by her name
Oh yeah, she talks to angels
Says they call her out by her name
She keeps a lock of hair in her pocket
She wears a cross around her neck
Yes, the hair is from a little boy
And the cross from someone she has not met, well, not yet
Says she talks to angels
Says they all know her name
Oh yeah, she talks to angels
Says they call her out by her name
She don't know no lover
None that I ever seen
Yeah, to her that ain't nothing
But to me it means, means everything
She paints her eyes as black as night now
She pulls those shades down tight
Oh yeah, there's a smile when the pain comes
The pain gonna make everything alright, alright yeah
She talks to angels
Says they call her out by her name
Oh yeah, angels
Call her out by her name
Oh-oh, angel
They call her out by her name
Oh, she talks to angels
They call her out, yeah, yeah
Call her out
Don't you know that they call her out by her name
In certain company
Yes, she'll tell you she's an orphan
After you meet her family
She paints her eyes as black as night now
Pulls those shades down tight
Yeah, she gives a smile when the pain comes
The pain gonna make everything alright
Says she talks to angels
They call her out by her name
Oh yeah, she talks to angels
Says they call her out by her name
She keeps a lock of hair in her pocket
She wears a cross around her neck
Yes, the hair is from a little boy
And the cross from someone she has not met, well, not yet
Says she talks to angels
Says they all know her name
Oh yeah, she talks to angels
Says they call her out by her name
She don't know no lover
None that I ever seen
Yeah, to her that ain't nothing
But to me it means, means everything
She paints her eyes as black as night now
She pulls those shades down tight
Oh yeah, there's a smile when the pain comes
The pain gonna make everything alright, alright yeah
She talks to angels
Says they call her out by her name
Oh yeah, angels
Call her out by her name
Oh-oh, angel
They call her out by her name
Oh, she talks to angels
They call her out, yeah, yeah
Call her out
Don't you know that they call her out by her name
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She Talks To Angels Lyrics as written by Rich S. Robinson Christopher Mark Robinson
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@mwalthall He originally said it wasn't about anyone in particularly, but he changed that story in a 2010 interview where he said it was loosely based on a goth girl he knew in Atlanta. She was a heroin addict. <br /> <br /> youtu.be/SRuWeGqu57U