she talks to angels

Chuck Leavell plays on this song !!! As Rich described in the iTunes exclusive interview, "She Talks To Angels was one of those that was-- you know-- we all knew was great and to have Chuck Leavell come in and play on it was just amazing to us." In the same interview, Chris said that "after all these years, the songs that always interest me the most and my favourite ones to sing . . . are our ballads. I think they're the most telling about who we are as people and about how we really feel about things." So, She Talks to Angels may very well be the most popular song by TBC, which is why I feel compelled to talk about it on this blog even though it's not on my favourite songs. Don't get me wrong--it's a gorgeous song but I love so many TBC songs so much better.

Crowesbase quotes Chris and Rich as describing the story behind the song: "A story about a very sad person, a sad but beautiful girl. Though it's loosely based on someone I know, it could be about a lot of people who are addicted. Everyone's been there or knows someone who's there right now." (Chris) "But there's no message about morals in the song." (Rich) "It's not my job to handle people's morals. Morality's your own business." (Chris)

She Talks to Angels is off Shake Your Money Maker, TBC's first album and it's been played 482 times live. I have no personal anecdote for this song -- it just is.

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
She pulls those shades down tight
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
Not yet

(Repeat Chorus)

She don't know no lovers
None that I've ever seen
And to her that means nothing
But to me it means, means everything

(Repeat second verse)
(Repeat Chorus)