Copyright © 2009 Cyndi Craven (Starcraven Music BMI)
Key: F – tenor guitar or C/5 on standard 6-string
My angel has a crooked wing
And crooked he does fly
Grazing rooftops, snagging trees
And still he gets here, by and by
He makes his crooked way
He always hears my call
The one that comes from deep inside
That I didn’t know I’d made at all
He finds me when I need
What only he can give
Some presence of divinity
Oh, imperfect as it is
break
My angel’s perfect angel wing
Was damaged in a spree
And so he left his higher post
And now he is assigned to me
He’s not an angel like
You’ve seen in picture books
Crooked wing and crooked smile
My angel isn’t long on looks
No, he’s not perfect but
God knows nor am I
We’re perfect for each other and
I wouldn’t have it otherwise
break
My angel always comes to me
When I’m low on love
Arriving in the nick of time
Crash-landing like a drunken dove
I send a crooked prayer
Up to the stars tonight
A little prayer of gratitude
My crooked angel is all right
Though he’s got that crooked wing
And crooked he does fly
Stumbling over moon and stars
I know he’ll find me, by and by