I grew up in Chattanooga, Tenesse   One of mister Hoover's ville's with my family      I know poor   I know most people don't   I could tell you stories   But I won't      Nothing robs a soul faster than hunger   Even as a little girl, I'd wonder      Will the angels fly above my bed tonight?   Will the stars come out and bathe me in their light?   Will the circle draw in close and hold me tight?   Will the angels fly above my bed tonight?      I married Buddy before the war   We raised a girl we both adored   I watched her grow and start a family of her own   And I died inside when the cancer took her home      Because nothing robs a soul faster than losing a child   All that I could think about for a while      Will the angels fly above my bed tonight?   Will the stars come out and bathe me in their light?   Will the circle draw in close and hold me tight?   Will the angels fly above my bed tonight?      I have reached the end of my long life   I have been a mother and a wife   I've known sad, I've known love   And I screamed out at God and heaven above      Because nothing steals a soul faster than being alone   And I wonder as I'm waiting to go home      Will the angels fly above my bed tonight?   Will the stars come out and bathe me in their light?   Will the circle draw in close and hold me tight?   Will the angels fly above my bed tonight?      Oh, will the angels fly above my bed tonight?