We met in a bar out on Chesapeake Bay   With her white patent boots and her blouse red lame   A table top dancer, she would smile on cue   Oh, those lips of an angel, angel in blue      She'd been dancin' for ages through cities of bars   She was kickin' the habit of scoring in cars   She'd been drained of her spirit all caged up in this zoo   A wild cat angel, angel in blue      And as she stared out into nowhere   I thought, yes, I thought, she might break down and cry   Oh, when I whispered I thought I could love her   She just said, "Baby don't even bother to try"      And I watched as she spoke, her words chilled my bones   All her friends did her favors that were really just loans   And she never had dreams so they never came true   Oh, the palest of angels, angel in blue      And the bees they had stung her, the birds they had flown   There were guys she could number but none had she known   And she never had dreams so they never came true   Oh, my fade away angel, an angel in blue      Angel in blue   Angel in blue   Angel in blue   ...